With seven nursing homes in the city, there are a fair number of facilities in Lexington, Kentucky. This city's nursing homes received an excellent city grade of A-. A city grade of this caliber is very rare in a city with this many facilities. We were so impressed with Lexington that we ranked it as one of the top ten rated cities in all of Kentucky. This city's profile is also consistent as it didn't receive a single poor category grade either. You can read more about these in the next paragraph.
In addition to receiving a strong overall grade, this city's nursing homes performed extremely well in our inspection category. In fact, we awarded its facilities an A for that category, which is one of our best scores. These inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Lexington also performed extremely well in our long-term care category, where we gave it an A for that category. Rounding out its quality report card, we gave the city favorable grades in our nursing and short-term care areas as well.