Clifton, New Jersey is a medium size city with 83,648 people. It has just one nursing home, which is surprising for a city of this size. We were relieved to discover that, this place's lone nursing home received a superb grade of A-, so at least you have one good option. In fact, Clifton is one of the 500 best cities in the nation. This is impressive since we assessed thousands of cities around the country. This nursing home's strong profile was highlighted by its inspection score, which we will address in the next paragraph.
In addition to receiving a strong overall grade, this city's nursing home performed extremely well in our inspection category. In fact, we awarded it an A+ for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Arguably the most important factor we consider in computing our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities with higher grades in this area most likely dodged the most severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. This city also performed extremely well in our short-term care category. In fact, it received a grade of A-. Rounding out its quality profile, we gave Clifton a B for its nursing grade and a B in long-term care. We really found this place to be very competent in every category.