Great Barrington, Massachusetts offers just two nursing homes to choose from, which is a limited selection. The nursing homes here received a strong city grade of B+. Even with just a few facilities, this is still an impressive city grade. By way of comparison, we awarded the facilities in the nearby city of Wappingers Falls a city grade of B-, which is also a respectable grade. However, we found the nursing homes in Great Barrington to be a better than the ones in Wappingers Falls. This city's report card was also consistent as it didn't receive a single weak category grade either. You can learn more about these in the next section.
To go along with its great overall grade, we awarded this city's nursing homes an A- in our inspections rating. Inspection grades are tied to several datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that receive favorable grades in this area tend to have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. In addition, Great Barrington earned a grade of B+ for the city's short-term care rating. Rounding out its impressive report card, the city received a grade of B for its nursing grade and a B in long-term care. We really found this place to be very strong in each category we assessed.