There are just 3 nursing homes in Newburyport, Massachusetts, servicing a relatively small population of 17,416 people. This city's nursing homes received a strong city grade of B+, so what this place lacks in quantity, it makes up for in quality. In fact, this place's city grade far surpassed the city grade of nursing homes in the nearby city of Medford. While the nursing homes in Medford are not that bad, we found Newburyport to be on a whole other level. This city's nursing homes were stronger in some categories than others, but it did not have any poor grades in any of the major areas discussed below. More information about its category grades can be found in the next section.
In addition to receiving a strong overall grade, many of the nursing homes in Newburyport performed spectacularly well in our inspection category. In fact, we awarded the city an A for that category, which is one of our best scores. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing these inspection grades. One of those factors is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies can be relatively insignificant. Newburyport also really excelled in the category of short-term care, where we gave it a grade of A-. In our final two categories, Newburyport earned a B+ for its nursing score and a B- for long-term care.