With a population of 5,012 , Tawas City, Michigan is a small city. There are just 3 nursing homes in the city, which does not offer you too many options. We gave the nursing homes here an excellent city grade of B+. Even with only a few nursing homes, this is still an impressive city grade. By way of comparison, we gave the facilities in the local city of Midland a city grade of B, which is also a good score. Nevertheless, we found the nursing homes in Tawas City to be even better the ones in Midland. Topping off a great profile, Tawas City is one of the twenty five highest rated cities in all of Michigan. This statistic is also a reminder that this state has a long list of cities with excellent facilities.
One of the reasons Tawas City received a favorable overall grade is that many of its nursing homes excelled in the area of inspections with a grade of B+. Perhaps the most significant factor we look at in determining our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a facility's inspection reports. Nursing homes with better scores in this area typically dodged the more severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. The city also received an impressive nursing grade where it received a B+ in this category. Rounding out its quality profile, Tawas City earned a B+ for its short-term care rating and a grade of B in the area of long-term care. We found this place to be strong everywhere we looked.