With a population of 38,367 people, Hillsborough, New Jersey is a relatively small city. There are only 2 nursing homes there, which doesn't give you too many options. The nursing homes in this city received a world class city grade of A-. Even with only a few facilities, this is still quite an accomplishment. By way of comparison, we gave the facilities in the local city of Princeton a city grade of B, which is also an impressive grade. Nevertheless, we found the nursing homes in Hillsborough to be in a totally different league than the ones in Princeton. The best part of Hillsborough's impressive profile is its nursing homes' short-term care grades. Short-term care grades are discussed in the next section.
As mentioned above, this city received a strong overall grade, but we also wanted to emphasize that we gave Hillsborough an impressive grade of A in the category of short-term care. Cities with these kinds of short-term care ratings generally have facilities offering physical therapy, occupational therapy and other services associated with rehabilitation. We also awarded this city an A for our nursing rating. Rounding out its excellent report card, Hillsborough earned an A- for inspections and a B in long-term care.