With 12,356 people, Bath, New York is a small city. There are only 2 nursing homes in the city, which doesn't give you too many choices. We awarded this relatively small group of nursing homes a city grade of B-, which is a decent rating. This is comparable with most of the places in the nation. The best part of this city's profile is its nursing homes' exemplary inspection ratings. Inspection reports are discussed in the following section.
This city's nursing homes received a somewhat average overall grade, however, we really wanted to point out that some of its facilities virtually flawless health inspections the past few years. We gave them an elite grade of A in this area. Inspection grades are based on several pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that excel in this category tend to have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This city earned its second highest score in the area of long-term care, where we awarded it a B-, which also isn't too bad. In our final two categories, Bath were awarded a B- for its nursing score and a B- in short-term care.