West Roxbury, Massachusetts has only two nursing homes to choose from, which is not a ton of options. This city's limited supply of nursing homes were awarded a strong city grade of B. We also assessed the nursing homes in the nearby city of Arlington, which received a city grade of D. We found West Roxbury to be in a totally different league. This city's nursing homes were better in some categories than others, but it didn't have any bad scores in any of the major categories. Additional information about these categories can be found in the next paragraph.
On top of a good overall grade, this city's nursing homes received one of our higher scores in the area of nursing with a B+. Cities with these types of nursing scores typically have facilities offering high levels of staffing. The city also earned one of our better grades in the area of short-term care, with a B. Wrapping up its strong profile, the city received a grade of B for inspections and a B for long-term care. This city really didn't have any weak links based on our assessment.