There are 14 nursing homes in Silver Spring, Maryland, providing for a population of 282,095 people. These nursing homes earned on average an overall grade of B-, which a decent grade for the city. This city's city grade narrowly surpassed the city grade of nursing homes in the nearby city of Laurel. While the nursing homes in Laurel are not that bad, we found Silver Spring to be a better option. This city's report card was also consistent as it didn't receive a single poor category grade either. You can read more about these in the next section.
Despite receiving a somewhat average overall grade, the nursing homes in Silver Spring performed extremely well in the area of inspections. In fact, some of its facilities received almost flawless inspection reports this year. As a result, we awarded Silver Spring one of our highest grades in that area with an A-. These inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Silver Spring also received strong long-term care grade where it received a B in this area. In the other categories we looked at, we gave Silver Spring a B- for its nursing grade and a B- for short-term care.