With 8,931 people, Aitkin, Minnesota is a small city. There are only 2 nursing homes there, which doesn't offer you too many options. The nursing homes in this city received an excellent city grade of A-. Even with only a couple of nursing homes, this is still a great achievement. We were so impressed with this city that we ranked it as one of the top 500 cities in the nation. This is impressive given that we ranked thousands of cities around the country. This city's strong report card was highlighted by its nursing homes' nursing scores, which you can find in the next paragraph.
To go along with its strong overall grade, we gave this city a grade of A for our nursing category. High end grades in this category generally mean a city's facilities offer impressive levels of staffing. In addition, we also awarded this city an A- for our short-term care category. Wrapping up its quality profile, this place received strong grades in our inspections and long-term care categories as well.