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 Watertown, 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 short-term care with a B. Short-term care scores are based in part on a facility's quantity of highly-skilled highly skilled professionals. This includes a wide scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, in addition to other variations of therapy. The city also received one of our higher grades in the area of nursing, with a B. Rounding out its impressive profile, the city received a B for its inspections grade and a B in long-term care. This city didn't have any weak links as far as we could tell.