With three nursing homes in the city, you only have a few options to choose from in Austin, Minnesota. The nursing homes here received an excellent city grade of B+. Even with only a couple of facilities, this is still an impressive city grade. We were impressed enough with Austin to rank it as one of the top twenty five rated cities in Minnesota. This is also a reminder that Minnesota has plenty of cities with great nursing homes. This place's nursing homes are better in some categories than others, but it did not have any poor grades in any of our major categories discussed below. More information about its category grades can be found in the next paragraph.
In addition to receiving a strong overall grade, the nursing homes in Austin performed extremely well in our nursing category. In fact, we awarded Austin a grade of A for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Strong scores in this category usually mean the city's facilities offer high nurse staffing levels. The city also fared well in the category of government inspections with a B+. Finally, we awarded the city a B+ for its short-term care grade and a grade of B- in the area of long-term care.