Nursing Homes in Independence, Missouri

There are nine facilities in Independence, Missouri, which should give you a reasonable number of choices. We gave the nursing homes in this city a city grade of B-, which is a decent rating. This is a middle of the pack score compared to other places in the nation. While we didn't give Independence an elite grade, it has 2 facilities that were awarded elite grades. Not every city has multiple nursing homes of this caliber.

This city's nursing homes received a fairly ordinary overall grade, however, we really want to emphasize that some of its facilities nearly perfect health inspections the past few years. We gave them an impressive grade of A- in this area. Our inspection ratings are tied to several items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that excel in this category typically have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. In addition, Independence also received one of our better scores in the area of long-term care, with a B. In the last two categories, we gave the city middle of the road grades for our short-term care and nursing categories.