Boston, Massachusetts has only three nursing homes to choose from, so you have relatively limited options. This city's limited supply of nursing homes received a good city grade of B. We also looked at the facilities in the nearby city of Medford. We found the facilities in Boston to be rated much higher than the ones in Medford. This city's impressive profile was highlighted by its nursing homes' short-term care scores, which you can find in the next section.
To go along with its great overall grade, we gave Boston a grade of A- in our short-term care category. Cities with these types of short-term care grades usually have facilities offering physical therapy, highly skilled nursing and other services related to rehabilitation. In addition, the city received a grade of B+ in our nursing category. Rounding out its quality report card, the city earned a grade of B for its inspections grade and a grade of B in the area of long-term care. We really found Boston to be very competent in each category we assessed.