There are just 2 nursing homes in Kearny, New Jersey, servicing a relatively small population of 40,684 people. This city's nursing homes received a first-rate city grade of A-, so what this place lacks in quantity, it makes up for in quality. Even in a state with many good cities to find nursing homes, we ranked Kearny as one of the top twenty five rated cities in all of New Jersey. This city's impressive report card was highlighted by its nursing homes' inspection grades, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
On top of having excellent nursing homes overall, this city really excelled in the category of inspections, where it received an A+. Few cities performed better in this area. Perhaps the most critical factor we look at in computing our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Facilities with higher scores in this category typically avoided the more severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. We also awarded Kearny an A- in our short-term care rating. Rounding out its profile, this place received a grade of B+ for nursing and a B+ in the area of long-term care. We truly found this city to be very strong in every category.