There are just 3 nursing homes in Phillipsburg, New Jersey, servicing a population of 29,840 people. This city's nursing homes received a very good city grade of B+, so what this place lacks in quantity, it makes up for in quality. We found this city grade was considerably better than the city grade of C received by the nearby city of East Stroudsburg. Although that isn't an awful grade, Phillipsburg appears to be on a whole other level. This place's nursing homes are stronger in some categories than others, but it did not have any bad scores in any of the major areas discussed below. Additional information about its category grades can be found in the next section.
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this city a grade of A+ for our inspections category. Our inspection scores are tied to several items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that excel in this area tend to have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. In addition, the city also received one of our higher grades in our short-term care category, with a B+. In the other categories we looked at, this place received a grade of B- for its nursing grade and a B- for long-term care.