Plainfield, New Jersey is an average size city with 71,485 people. The city has just 2 nursing homes, which doesn't provide you with too many options to choose from. This place's nursing homes received a strong city grade of B+, so what this city lacks in quantity, it makes up for by having high quality nursing homes. For comparison's sake, we also looked at the facilities in the nearby city of Perth Amboy, which received a city grade of C. We found Plainfield to be on a whole other level. You can continue reading to learn more about how this city's nursing homes fared in our category grades.
In addition to performing well in its overall grade, many of the facilities in Plainfield performed spectacularly well in the area of inspections. In fact, some of its facilities received virtually flawless inspection reports this year. Consequently, the city received one of our highest grades in that category with an A+. Inspection scores are tied to several datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that receive favorable grades in this area have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. In addition, Plainfield also received an impressive short-term care rating where it earned a grade of B+ in this category. Lastly, we awarded the city middle of the pack grades in our nursing and long-term care categories.