Forest Hills, New York is a medium size city with 68,733 people. It has just 2 nursing homes, which does not offer you too many options to choose from. The nursing homes here received a strong city grade of B+. Even with only a few nursing homes, this is still an impressive city grade. By way of comparison, we gave the facilities in the nearby city of Brooklyn a city grade of B-, which is also a respectable score. However, we found the facilities in Forest Hills to be a better than the ones in Brooklyn. The best aspect of Forest Hills's impressive profile was its nursing homes' inspection grades. We discuss inspections in the next section
To pair with its great overall grade, we awarded this city an A+ in our inspections category. Our inspection grades weigh several factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with better scores in this area tend to have few of these severe deficiencies. In addition, the city also really excelled in the area of long-term care, where it received an A-. Lastly, this place received a grade of B in our short-term care category and a grade of C in the area of nursing.