Our data for Fitchburg, Massachusetts is based on a single nursing home we found there. We were relieved to discover that its only nursing home received an excellent overall grade of B+. In fact, Fitchburg is one of the twenty five highest rated cities in Massachusetts. This datapoint is also a reminder that Massachusetts has a long list of cities with excellent nursing homes. The best part of this facility's strong profile is its inspection grade. We discuss inspections in the next section
To pair with its great overall grade, we awarded this city's lone nursing home a grade of A for our inspections rating. Arguably the most significant factor we consider in computing our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a facility's inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher grades in this area typically avoided the more severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. This city also performed spectacularly well in our short-term care category, where we gave it an A-. In the last two categories, Fitchburg earned slightly below average grades for our long-term care and nursing areas.