With seven nursing homes in the city, there are a fair number of facilities in New Bedford, Massachusetts. This place's nursing homes received a city grade of B. For comparison's sake, we also assessed the nursing homes in the nearby city of Pawtucket. We found the nursing homes in New Bedford to be slightly better. The best part of this nursing home's strong report card was its nursing homes' long-term care scores. Long-term care grades are discussed in the following paragraph.
In addition to performing well in its overall grade, most of the nursing homes in New Bedford performed remarkably well in terms of its long-term care grade. We awarded it one of our best scores in that area with a grade of A-. Facilities that excel in long-term care tend to provide patients with better supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. New Bedford earned a B+ for the city's nursing rating. Wrapping up its quality profile, this place received favorable grades for our short-term care and inspections categories respectively.