With just two nursing homes in the city, you only have a couple of options to choose from in Fulton, Mississippi. This small group of nursing homes earned on average an overall grade of B, which is a quality grade for the city. In fact, this place's city grade was a bit better than the city grade of nursing homes in the nearby city of Tupelo. This city's nursing homes are better in some categories than others, but it did not have any poor grades in any of the major categories. Additional information about these categories is available in the next paragraph.
On top of having quality nursing homes overall, this city's nursing homes really excelled in the area of inspections, where we gave it an A+. Few cities earned a better grade in this category. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing these inspection grades. One of those factors is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some end up being relatively insignificant. In addition, Fulton also excelled in the area of health short-term care with a B+. In the other categories we looked at, we awarded the city middle of the pack grades for our long-term care and nursing categories.