Caribou, Maine is an average size city with 9,876 people. The city has just 2 nursing homes, which does not offer you too many options to choose from. This city's nursing homes received an excellent city grade of A-, so what this place lacks in quantity, it makes up for in quality. In fact, this is one of the top ten rated cities in the state of Maine. This city's report card was 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, the nursing homes in Caribou performed remarkably well in our inspection category. In fact, we awarded its facilities an A for that category, which is one of our highest scores. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating these inspection scores. One of those factors is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies are quite minor. We also wanted to point out that we gave the city a grade of A for our short-term care rating. Rounding out its report card, the city earned grades of A and B- for our nursing and long-term care categories respectively. Outside of its long-term care score, this city's other categories were remarkably strong.