Brighton, Massachusetts has only two nursing homes to choose from, which is a limited selection. Despite not having a ton of nursing homes, this city's nursing homes received a strong city grade of B+. In fact, this place's city grade was far better than the city grade of nursing homes in the nearby city of Watertown. While the nursing homes in Watertown are not terrible, we found Brighton to be in a totally different league. You can continue reading to learn more about how this city's nursing homes fared in our category grades.
On top of having excellent nursing homes on the whole, this city really excelled in the area of inspections, where it received a grade of A. Not many cities earned a better grade in this category. Our inspection scores are based on items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that excel in this area tend to have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Brighton also earned one of our higher scores in our long-term care category, with a grade of B+. In the last two categories, the city earned a B for its nursing grade and a grade of B- in short-term care.