Waltham, Massachusetts is a medium size city with 60,632 people. The city has just 2 nursing homes, which does not provide you with too many options. We awarded the nursing homes here a superb city grade of A-. Even with only a couple of nursing homes, this is still quite an accomplishment. In fact, this ended up being the thirteenth best city in Massachusetts according to our rankings. This place's strong report card was highlighted by its nursing homes' inspection ratings, which we will address in the next section.
To pair with its strong overall grade, we awarded Waltham a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. Perhaps the most important factor we consider in computing our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities with higher grades in this area typically dodged the more severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. In addition, we also awarded this city an A in our short-term care rating. Rounding out its profile, we gave Waltham favorable grades for our nursing and long-term care areas as well.