Albuquerque, New Mexico offers far more nursing homes to choose from than the majority of cities. This place's nursing homes were given a city grade of C, which is not one of our stronger grades at the city level. This score is not the end of the world, but it is well below average by national standards. Please continue reading to find more information about how this city's nursing homes fared in our category grades.
While this city's nursing homes received a decent overall grade, its short-term care score is notably better than its overall grade. We gave Albuquerque one of our higher grades in this area with a grade of B. Our short-term care scores are likely most important for people in need of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation generally requires additional highly-skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means not just nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other types of therapy. This city received its next best score in the area of nursing, where we awarded it a B-, which is also a decent grade. In the other categories we looked at, this place received middle of the pack grades in our inspections and long-term care categories respectively.