Winchester, Kentucky is an average size city with 35,262 people. The city has just 2 nursing homes, which doesn't offer you too many options. While it only has a couple of nursing homes, this city received an excellent city grade of A-. We were so impressed with Winchester that we rated it as one of the 500 best cities in the United States. This is impressive given that we ranked thousands of cities around the nation. This city's impressive profile was highlighted by its nursing homes' inspection ratings, which we will address in the next section.
On top of having excellent nursing homes overall, this place really excelled in the area of inspections, where it received a grade of A+. Very few cities performed better in this category. Inspection ratings are tied to several datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that receive favorable grades in this area typically have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. We also awarded Winchester a grade of A- for our long-term care rating. Wrapping up its impressive report card, this place were awarded a B+ for its nursing rating and a B+ for short-term care. This city didn't have any weak links based on our assessment.