Our data for Westfield, New Jersey is based on a single nursing home we found in the city. This nursing home was awarded an overall grade of B, which is a quality grade. For comparison's sake, we also assessed the nursing homes in the nearby city of Perth Amboy. We found the facility in Westfield to be a bit better than most of the nursing homes in Perth Amboy. The best aspect of this nursing home's strong report card was its inspection rating. Inspection reports are discussed in the next paragraph
In addition to performing well in its overall grade, this city's nursing home performed extremely well in the area of inspections. In fact, it received a nearly perfect inspection report this year. Consequently, it received one of our best grades in that category with an A. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating our inspection grades. One of those factors is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some end up being quite insignificant. This place also earned a B for our short-term care category. In our final two categories, the city were awarded a grade of B- for nursing and a C in the area of long-term care.