There are surprisingly only 3 nursing homes in Ellicott City, Maryland, providing for a decent size population of 80,322 people. Despite only having a couple of nursing homes, this city's nursing homes received a very good city grade of B+. We also looked at the facilities in Parkville, which received a city grade of B-. Although this is a decent score, Ellicott City appears to be a better choice. You can continue reading to learn more about how this city's nursing homes fared in our category grades.
In addition to having quality nursing homes on the whole, this city really excelled in the area of short-term care where we gave it a grade of A-. Very few cities fared this well in this category. High end short-term care grades generally mean the city's nursing homes offer high physical therapy staffing levels. In addition, we also wanted to point out that some of the city's nursing homes received nearly flawless health inspections the past few years. For this reason, we gave Ellicott City an A- in this category. Rounding out its profile, Ellicott City earned a grade of B+ for nursing and a B in the area of long-term care. Ellicott City did not have any weak links based on our assessment.