Nursing Homes in Ripley, Mississippi

There are just 3 nursing homes in Ripley, Mississippi, providing for a population of 11,950 people. This city's nursing homes received an excellent city grade of A-, so what this city lacks in quantity, it makes up for in quality. By way of comparison, we gave the nursing homes in the nearby city of Collierville a city grade of F, which is a far below average grade. Clearly, we found the facilities in Ripley to be in a totally different league than the ones in Collierville. Topping off a great profile, Ripley is one of the top twenty five rated cities in all of Mississippi. This datapoint is also a reminder that this state has plenty of cities with high quality nursing homes.

In addition to receiving a strong overall grade, most of the facilities in Ripley performed remarkably well in our inspection category. In fact, we awarded it an A+ for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Perhaps the most critical factor we consider in calculating our inspection scores is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a facility's inspection reports. Nursing homes with better grades in this category typically dodged the more severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. In addition, we also awarded Ripley an A+ in our long-term care rating. In the other categories we looked at, the city received a B for its nursing grade and a B- in short-term care.