Malden, Missouri offers only two nursing homes to choose from, which is a limited selection. While it only has a couple of nursing homes, this city received a first-rate city grade of A-. By way of comparison, we awarded the nursing homes in the nearby city of Poplar Bluff a city grade of C, which is a below average grade. Naturally, we found the facilities in Malden to be on a whole other level than the ones in Poplar Bluff. The best aspect of this city's impressive report card was its nursing homes' inspection reports. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section
In addition to performing well in its overall grade, most of the nursing homes in Malden performed extremely well in our inspections category. In fact, some of its facilities received nearly perfect inspection reports this year. As a result, we awarded it one of our best ratings in that area with an A. These inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. In addition, we also awarded this city an A- for our long-term care rating. Rounding out its phenomenal profile, we gave the city grades of A- and B for our nursing and short-term care categories respectively.