With a population of 18,890 people, La Plata, Maryland is a relatively small city. There are only 2 nursing homes there, which does not offer you too many options to choose from. These nursing homes in this city earned this city a good city grade of B. This is an average city grade nationally, which is perfectly respectable. The best part of this city's strong report card was its nursing homes' inspection grades. Inspection reports are discussed in the next paragraph
In addition to performing well in its overall grade, many of the nursing homes in La Plata performed extremely well in the category of inspections. In fact, some of the nursing homes in the city received virtually flawless inspection reports this year. As a result, the city received one of our highest grades in that area with an A-. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining our inspection ratings. One key factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some can be relatively minor. La Plata earned a B+ for our nursing category. Wrapping up its profile, La Plata received grades of B and D for our short-term care and long-term care categories respectively. For the most part, this city's category grades were strong, but this weak long-term care rating may indicate lower levels of nurse staffing.