Las Vegas is a large metropolitan area with 1,417,793 people. It features 29 nursing homes, which is an impressive selection. These facilities earned on average an overall grade of B-, which a decent rating for the city. Surprisingly, Las Vegas is one of the three highest rated cities in the state according to our ratings. There's nothing wrong with this city's grade, but most states have at least a handful of cities with more elite grades. This city is stronger in some categories than others, but it didn't have bad scores in any of the four major categories. More information about these categories is available in the next section.
While this city's nursing homes received a decent overall grade, its inspection grade is notably higher than its overall grade. Due to some of its facilities receiving strong inspection reports this year, Las Vegas received one of our higher scores in this area with a B+. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing these inspection ratings. One of those factors is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is arguably more important than the number of deficiencies, as some of these end up being relatively insignificant. In addition, the city received a B in the area of nursing. In the other categories we looked at, we gave Las Vegas a grade of B for its short-term care rating and a grade of C in long-term care.