With 46,961 people, Southaven, Mississippi is a small city. There are just 2 nursing homes in the city, which does not offer you too many choices. This relatively small group of nursing homes here received a respectable city grade of B-. This city is just as good as the nearby city of Memphis, which received a city grade of B-. Both cities appear to be middle of the pack options. Please continue reading to find more information about how this city's nursing homes performed in our category grades.
Despite receiving a somewhat average overall grade, this city performed extremely well in the area of inspections. In fact, some of its facilities received virtually perfect inspection reports this year. As a result, Southaven received one of our highest ratings in that category with an A-. Perhaps the most critical factor we consider in calculating our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a facility's inspection reports. Places with higher scores in this area typically dodged the most severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. In addition, Southaven also earned one of our better scores in our long-term care category, with a B. In the last two categories, Southaven received middle of the pack grades for our short-term care and nursing categories.