With 64,267 people, East Orange, New Jersey is a small city. There are only 4 nursing homes in the city, which doesn't provide you with too many options. This small group of facilities received on average an overall grade of B-, which is not a bad grade for the city. This is right about the middle of the road by national standards, which is perfectly respectable. This city is better in some categories than others, but it didn't have bad scores in any of the major categories. Additional information about its category grades can be found in the next paragraph.
This city's nursing homes received a fairly ordinary overall grade, however, we really wanted to emphasize that some of its facilities virtually flawless health inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A- in this area. Arguably the most important factor we look at in computing our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a facility's inspection reports. Facilities with higher scores in this area most likely dodged the most severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. In addition, East Orange also received strong long-term care rating with a B in this category. In our final two categories, the city earned slightly below average grades for our short-term care and nursing categories.