There are only 2 nursing homes located in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, servicing a population of 18,548 people. This place's nursing homes received a phenomenal city grade of A, so what this place lacks in quantity, it makes up for by having high quality nursing homes. We also looked at the nursing homes in the nearby city of Fargo, which received a city grade of B+. As good as the nursing homes are in Fargo, we found Fergus Falls to be in a totally different league. Topping off a great profile, this city has the distinction of being one of the top three rated cities in Minnesota.
On top of having quality nursing homes overall, this city really excelled in the area of inspections, where we gave it a grade of A. Very few cities earned a better grade in this category. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating our inspection grades. One key factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some of these end up being relatively minor. In addition, we also wanted to emphasize that we gave the city an A for our nursing category. Rounding out its straight A profile, the city earned excellent grades for our short-term care and long-term care areas as well.