There is unfortunately just one nursing home in Malden, Massachusetts, providing for a small population of 59,503 people. Fortunately, its only nursing home received a strong overall grade of B+. We also looked at the facilities in the nearby city of Watertown. With Watertown receiving an awful city grade, we found the nursing home in Malden to be rated much higher than most of the facilities in Watertown. The best part of this nursing home's impressive report card is its inspection grade. Inspection reports are discussed in the next paragraph
In addition to receiving a strong overall grade, this city's sole nursing home performed spectacularly well in our inspection category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Our inspection grades are tied to items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that receive favorable grades in this category typically have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This city also received one of our better scores in the area of long-term care, where we awarded it a B+ in the category. Lastly, this place earned middle of the road grades for our nursing and short-term care areas.