Dearborn Heights, Michigan is a medium size city with 57,774 people. The city has just 2 nursing homes, which does not offer you too many options. These nursing homes did not really stand out from a quality point of view either. The city was awarded a city grade of C, which is not one of our better scores at the city level. This score is not the end of the world, but it is well below average by national standards. The best part of this city's report card was is its nursing grade. We discuss nursing in the next section.
This city's nursing homes' best category grade was in the area of nursing. In that area, we gave Dearborn Heights a B. Our nursing rating considers many datapoints. The most important variable is the amount of time nurses spent with residents. The city earned a grade of B for the city's short-term care rating. Lastly, the city received a B- in our inspections category and a C in the area of long-term care.