Paterson, New Jersey is an average size city with 146,199 people. The city has only 3 nursing homes, which is fewer than we expected in a city of this size. The nursing homes here received a phenomenal city grade of A-. Even with just a couple of nursing homes, this is still quite an achievement. This is a better grade than the average city in the country. The best part of this city's impressive profile was its nursing homes' inspection ratings. We discuss inspections in the next section
In addition to receiving a strong overall grade, many of the nursing homes in Paterson performed remarkably well in our inspection category. In fact, we awarded its facilities an A- for this category, which is one of our best scores. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing our inspection scores. One key factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is usually more important than the number of deficiencies, as some end up being relatively insignificant. We also awarded Paterson a grade of A- for our long-term care category. Wrapping up its profile, we awarded the city a B+ for its nursing score and a grade of B+ in short-term care. We truly found this city to be very strong in each category we assessed.