Brookline, Massachusetts is a small city with 49,990 people. The city has only one nursing home, which is fewer than we were hoping for. We were relieved to discover that its only nursing home received an excellent overall grade of A. We also looked at the nursing homes in the nearby city of Medford. We found the facility in Brookline to be in a totally different league than most of the nursing homes in Medford. Headlining this place's remarkable report card is its nursing score, which we will address in the next paragraph.
In addition to performing well in its overall grade, this city's only nursing home performed remarkably well in the area of nursing. Consequently, it received one of our highest scores in that category with a grade of A+. We analyzed the licensure of nurses working for the nursing home, in addition to the number of hours the nurses worked with patients, in determining our score in this category. This place also performed remarkably well in our inspections category. In fact, it received a nearly flawless inspection report this year, which caused us to award it a grade of A. Wrapping up its phenomenal profile, Brookline received grades of A and B for our short-term care and long-term care areas respectively.