Plainfield, New Jersey is an average size city with 71,485 people. The city has just 3 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 Westfield, which received a city grade of B-. While there is nothing wrong with this grade, we found the nursing homes Plainfield to be better on the whole. You can continue reading to learn more about how this city's nursing homes fared in our category grades.
In addition to receiving a strong overall grade, most of the nursing homes in Plainfield performed remarkably well in our inspection category. In fact, we awarded its facilities an A+ for that category, which is one of our best scores. Our inspection grades are based on many datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that receive favorable grades in this category tend to have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. In addition, the city also excelled in the area of nursing with a grade of B+. In the other categories we looked at, this place received a grade of B+ for its long-term care score and a B- for short-term care.