There are only 4 nursing homes in Pikesville, Maryland, servicing a relatively small population of 33,917 people. We gave this relatively small group of nursing homes a city grade of B, which is a perfectly respectable grade. This is as good or better than the city grade of most of the cities in the country. The best aspect of Pikesville's impressive profile is its nursing homes' short-term care scores. Short-term care grades are discussed in the next section.
In addition to performing well in its overall grade, most of the nursing homes in Pikesville performed spectacularly well in terms of its short-term care grade. Pikesville received one of our highest grades in that category with a grade of A-. Cities with these kinds of short-term care scores generally have plenty of nursing homes offering physical therapy, highly skilled nursing and other services associated with rehabilitation. In addition, Pikesville earned a grade of B+ for the city's nursing rating. Lastly, the city earned a B for inspections and a B- in the area of long-term care.