Southaven, Mississippi is a relatively small city with 46,961 people. The city features only one nursing home, which is not the selection we were hoping for. Unfortunately, this nursing home was awarded an overall grade of D, which is a poor score. Nationally, most nursing homes received a much higher grade than this place. If you aren't deterred by this facility's report card, feel free to continue reading to find out about its category scores. This city's nursing homes surprisingly fared well in the area of inspections for instance.
While its overall grade was awful, this city's nursing home performed favorably in our inspection category. In fact, we awarded it a B+ for that category, which is one of our better grades. Arguably the most critical factor we look at in computing our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a nursing home's inspection reports. It is generally best to avoid places that had too many severe deficiencies. The second highest grade we gave this city in any area was its long-term care score, where it earned a B-. In our final two categories, the city earned abysmal grades in our nursing and short-term care areas respectively.