Newark, New Jersey offers only five nursing homes to choose from, so you don't have too many options to choose from. While this place didn't have a ton of nursing homes, its nursing homes received a world class city grade of A-. In fact, this place's city grade was even better than the city grade of facilities in the local city of West Orange. This is especially impressive in light of the fact that we gave those facilities in West Orange a city grade of B, which is a good grade in its own right. Finally, this city's category grades were every bit as impressive as its city grade. You can read more about these in the next section.
On top of having quality nursing homes on the whole, this city really excelled in the category of inspections, where we gave it a grade of A. Not many cities fared this well in this category. These inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. In addition, the city also performed extremely well in the area of nursing, where it earned an A- for that category. Rounding out its impressive report card, Newark were awarded a B+ for its short-term care rating and a B+ in the area of long-term care. Newark really didn't have any weak links as far as we could tell.