Fort Washington, Maryland is a relatively small city with 50,722 people. It features just one nursing home, which is not the selection we were hoping for. This facility was awarded an overall grade of B, which is a good score. This is an average city grade nationally, which is nothing to be ashamed of. This facility's impressive profile was highlighted by its inspection rating, which is addressed in the next section.
This city's sole nursing home received a great overall grade, but we also wanted to point out its nearly perfect health inspections in recent years. We gave it an impressive grade of A in this category. Inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This city's next best category was long-term care, where we gave it a B-. Lastly, the city received a B- in our nursing category and a B- in the area of short-term care.