Catskill, New York offers just two nursing homes to choose from, so you have relatively limited options. With a city grade of B-, you ought to be able to find a decent facility in the city. For comparison's sake, we also assessed the nursing homes in the nearby city of Newburgh. While we not writing glowing reviews about either city, we found the facilities in Catskill to be a bit better. One of the best aspects of this city's report card is its exemplary inspection rating, which we will address in the following paragraph.
This city received a somewhat average overall grade, however, we really want to emphasize that some of the nursing homes in the city virtually perfect health inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A in this category. Inspection scores are based on several datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that score well in this area typically have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. In addition, Catskill also received one of our higher scores in our long-term care category, with a B. In our final two categories, we awarded the city grades of B- and D for our short-term care and nursing areas respectively. Despite an otherwise respectable profile, a nursing rating this poor may be an ominous sign for nursing staffing levels.