There are only 2 nursing homes in Houlton, Maine, servicing a population of 9,992 people. We awarded the nursing homes in this city a strong city grade of B+. Even with just a few facilities, this is still an impressive city grade. We were so impressed with Houlton that we ranked it as one of the fifteen highest rated cities in the state of Maine. You can continue reading to learn more about how this city's nursing homes fared in our category grades.
This city's nursing homes received a strong overall grade, but we also wanted to emphasize that some of the city's facilities received nearly perfect health inspections in recent years. We awarded Houlton an impressive grade of A for this category. Arguably the most significant factor we look at in calculating our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a facility's inspection reports. Nursing homes with better scores in this category typically avoided the more severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. We also awarded Houlton an A- in our nursing rating. Wrapping up its impressive report card, this place earned a B+ for its short-term care rating and a B in the area of long-term care. This city really did not have any weak links as far as we could tell.