With 13,560 people, Goffstown, New Hampshire is a relatively small city. There are only 2 nursing homes in the city, which doesn't provide you with too many choices. Despite only having a couple of nursing homes, this city received a first-rate city grade of A. For comparison's sake, we also looked at the nursing homes in the nearby city of Leominster. We found the nursing homes in Goffstown to be in a totally different league than the ones in Leominster. We were so impressed with Goffstown that we rated it as one of the 250 best cities in the entire nation.
In addition to receiving a strong overall grade, the nursing homes in Goffstown performed remarkably well in short-term care. In fact, we awarded Goffstown a grade of A for this category, which is one of our best scores. Cities with these kinds of short-term care scores generally have plenty of nursing homes offering physical therapy, highly skilled nursing and other services associated with rehabilitation. The city also really excelled in the area of inspections, where we gave it an A. Not many cities performed better in this category. Wrapping up its straight A profile, we awarded the city elite grades in our nursing and long-term care areas as well.