With a population of 39,776 , Teaneck, New Jersey is a small city. There are only 2 nursing homes in the city, which does not provide you with too many choices. We awarded the nursing homes in this city an excellent city grade of A. Even with just a couple of facilities, this is still a great achievement. In fact, Teaneck is one of the top ten rated cities in all of New Jersey. One of the major highlights of this place's remarkable report card is its nursing homes' inspection scores. We discuss inspections in the next section.
In addition to receiving a strong overall grade, this city performed extremely well in our inspection category. In fact, we awarded it an A+ for that category, which is one of our best scores. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining our inspection ratings. One of those factors is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some can be relatively minor. We also wanted to emphasize that we awarded Teaneck an A- in our short-term care rating. Rounding out its straight A profile, Teaneck earned an A- for its long-term care rating and a grade of A- for nursing.