Ferriday, Louisiana is an average size city with 9,839 people. It features just 2 nursing homes, which doesn't give you too many choices. These nursing homes did not really stand out from a quality perspective either. The city received a city grade of C, which is not one of our better scores at the city level. Surprisingly, this city's city grade narrowly surpassed the city grade of nursing homes in the local city of Pineville, which received an awful city grade. We would advise you to tread carefully in either city. Please continue reading to learn more about how this city's nursing homes were rated in our category grades.
Despite receiving a fairly ordinary overall grade, this city performed especially well in the area of inspections. In fact, some of its facilities received virtually perfect inspection reports this year. As a result, Ferriday received one of our best scores in that area with an A. Inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This city's next best score was in the area of long-term care, where Ferriday received a B-. In our final two categories, we awarded the city alarmingly low grades for our nursing and short-term care areas respectively.