Starkville is a city with a population of 42,131 people. There are 2 nursing homes there to choose from.
Despite receiving an abysmal overall grade, this city's nursing homes performed much better in the area of inspections. In fact, many of its facilities received strong inspection reports this year. As a result, we awarded Starkville one of our better scores in that area with a B. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating our inspection scores. One of those factors is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies end up being relatively insignificant. Surprisingly, this city performed better in our short-term care category as well, where it earned a grade of C for this category. Finally, Starkville earned a grade of C for its long-term care grade and a grade of D in nursing. While we found most of its grades to be acceptable, this nursing rating isn't a good sign for nursing staffing levels.