There are only 2 nursing homes located in Lacombe, Louisiana, servicing a relatively small population of 10,840 people. This place's nursing homes received a top-notch city grade of A-, so what this place lacks in quantity, it makes up for by having high quality nursing homes. For comparison's sake, we also looked at the facilities in the nearby city of Gulfport, which received a decent city grade in its own right. Nevertheless, we found the nursing homes in Lacombe to be in a totally different league than the ones in Gulfport. We were so impressed with this city that we ranked it as one of the top 500 cities in the entire country.
On top of having excellent nursing homes overall, this city really excelled in the category of inspections, where it received an A+. Not many cities earned a better grade in this category. Arguably the most important factor we consider in calculating our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places with higher grades in this category typically avoided the most severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. In addition, the city also really excelled in the area of long-term care, where we gave it an A. In the last two categories, the city earned slightly below average grades for our short-term care and nursing areas.