Bethesda, Maryland is a medium size city with 80,090 people. The city features just 4 nursing homes, which is fewer than we expected in a city of this size. This city's limited supply of nursing homes were awarded a strong city grade of B. It is also worth noting that this place's city grade was even better than the city grade of nursing homes in the nearby city of Fairfax. You can continue reading to learn more about how this city's nursing homes fared in our category grades.
In addition to performing well in its overall grade, most of the nursing homes in Bethesda performed especially well in the area of inspections. In fact, some of the nursing homes in the city received nearly perfect inspection reports this year. Consequently, we awarded it one of our highest ratings in that category with an A-. Inspection grades are tied to many datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that excel in this category tend to have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. In addition, Bethesda earned a grade of B for its. Rounding out its quality report card, we gave the city a grade of B in our nursing category and a B in the area of short-term care. We really found this place to be strong in every category.