There are three nursing homes in Columbia, Mississippi, so at least you have a few options. This small group of facilities received on average an overall grade of B-, which is a solid score for the city. This is comparable with most of the places in the country. You can continue reading to learn more about how this city's nursing homes performed in our category grades.
Despite receiving a fairly ordinary overall grade, this city's nursing homes performed especially well in the area of inspections. In fact, some of its facilities received nearly flawless inspection reports this year. As a result, we awarded Columbia one of our highest grades in that area with a grade of A. Inspection grades are tied to several pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that score well in this category have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Columbia also received one of our higher scores in the area of long-term care, with a B+. In the last two categories, Columbia received grades of B- and D for our nursing and short-term care categories respectively. In spite of an otherwise impressive performance, this city's poor short-term care grade may be an issue for people looking for rehabilitation.