Columbus, Mississippi is a relatively small city with 50,547 people. It features 5 nursing homes, which is a decent selection for a city of this size. Despite only having a couple of nursing homes, this city's nursing homes received an excellent city grade of B+. Even in a state with many good places to find nursing homes, we ranked this city as one of the top twenty five rated cities in all of Mississippi. This city's nursing homes were stronger in some categories than others, but it did not have any weak links in any of the major categories. More information about its category grades can be found in the next section.
In addition to performing well in its overall grade, this city's nursing homes performed especially well in the area of inspections. In fact, some of its facilities received virtually perfect inspection reports this year. As a result, we awarded it one of our best grades in that category with an A. Our inspection grades weigh several factors found on a facility's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher grades in this category usually have few severe deficiencies. In addition, Columbus also performed spectacularly well in our long-term care category, where it earned an A- for this category. Wrapping up its impressive profile, Columbus earned a grade of B for nursing and a B in the area of short-term care. We truly found this place to be very strong in every category.