Baltimore is a large city with 632,623 people. The city has 26 nursing homes, so you should have plenty of options to choose from. These nursing homes earned on average an overall grade of B, which is a quality grade for the city. For comparison's sake, we also looked at the nursing homes in the nearby city of Dundalk. We found the facilities in Baltimore to be slightly better. This place's nursing homes were stronger in some categories than others, but it didn't have any bad scores in any of our major categories discussed below. Additional information about its category grades is available in the next section.
In addition to receiving a good overall grade, this city also received strong inspection grade. In fact, we gave the city a B+ in this area. Inspection scores are tied to many items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that score well in this category tend to have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. In addition, Baltimore also excelled in the category of health short-term care with a B. In our final two categories, Baltimore received a grade of B for its nursing grade and a B- in the area of long-term care.