With 29,563 people, Mount Airy, Maryland is a small city. There are just 2 nursing homes there, which does not offer you too many options. This city's limited supply of nursing homes were given a strong city grade of B. We found this city grade to be considerably better than the city grade of C received by the nearby city of Gwynn Oak. Although that is not an awful grade, Mount Airy appears to be on a whole other level. You can continue reading to learn more about how this city's nursing homes fared in our category grades.
In addition to performing well overall, this city also received good inspection reports this year. For this reason, Mount Airy received one of our higher grades in that category with a grade of B+. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating these inspection ratings. One critical factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these end up being quite insignificant. The city received a grade of B+ in our nursing category. Wrapping up its impressive report card, this place earned a B+ for its short-term care rating and a B in long-term care. Mount Airy really did not have any weak links as far as we could tell.