There are five nursing homes in Bossier City, Louisiana, which at least gives you a few choices. This city's limited supply of nursing homes were awarded a strong city grade of B. In fact, this place's city grade was far better than the city grade of facilities in the nearby city of Marshall. While the nursing homes in Marshall are not that bad, we found Bossier City to be on a whole other level. You can continue reading to learn more about how this city's nursing homes fared in our category grades.
In addition to performing well in its overall grade, most of the facilities in Bossier City performed extremely well in terms of its inspection grade. In fact, some of its facilities received virtually flawless inspection reports this year. As a result, it received one of our best grades in that area with a grade of A. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining our inspection grades. One critical factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some can be relatively minor. Inspections is this city's next best attribute. It received a B- in this category. In the other categories we looked at, we gave the city slightly below average grades for our short-term care and long-term care areas.