With a population of 82,752 , Dorchester, Massachusetts is an average size city. Surprisingly, there are just 2 nursing homes there, which is not quite as many as we expected in a city of this size. We awarded the nursing homes here an excellent city grade of A-. Even with just a couple of facilities, this is still a great achievement. For comparison's sake, we also looked at the facilities in the nearby city of Watertown, which received a city grade of D. We found Dorchester to be a far better option. In addition, Dorchester is also one of the top 500 cities in the nation.
As mentioned above, this city's nursing homes received a strong overall grade, but we also wanted to emphasize that some of the city's nursing homes received nearly perfect health inspections the past few years. We gave Dorchester an impressive grade of A in this category. Inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. In addition, Dorchester also really excelled in the area of nursing, where we gave it a grade of A-. Rounding out its phenomenal profile, the city earned grades of A- and B+ for our long-term care and short-term care categories respectively.