With 37,972 people, Bridgewater, New Jersey is a relatively small city. There are only 4 nursing homes there, which doesn't provide you with too many choices. This city's nursing homes received a top-notch city grade of A-, so what this city lacks in quantity, it makes up for in quality. In fact, this city's city grade even surpassed the city grade of nursing homes in the local city of Princeton. This is particularly impressive in light of the fact that we gave those facilities in Princeton a city grade of B+, which is a good grade in its own right. On top of this, Bridgewater is one of the top twenty five rated cities in the state of New Jersey. This statistic is also a reminder that New Jersey has plenty of cities with high quality facilities.
In addition to performing well in its overall grade, the nursing homes in Bridgewater performed extremely well in the category of inspections. In fact, some of its facilities received nearly flawless inspection reports this year. As a result, Bridgewater received one of our best scores in that area with an A+. Inspection scores weigh a host of factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better grades in this area usually have few of these severe deficiencies. In addition, Bridgewater also performed remarkably well in our nursing category, where it received an A- for this area. Rounding out its quality profile, we gave Bridgewater a B+ in our short-term care category and a B+ in long-term care. We found this place to be very strong everywhere we looked.