Nursing Homes in Freeport, New York

With a population of 43,341 , Freeport, New York is a small city. There are just 2 nursing homes in the city, which does not provide you with too many choices. This relatively small group of nursing homes in this city received a city grade of B-. For comparison's sake, we also looked at the facilities in the nearby city of Fresh Meadows. While we aren't raving about either city, we found the facilities in Freeport to be slightly better. The best part of this place's report card was its nursing homes' remarkable inspection ratings. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section.

While its overall rating was somewhat average, we awarded this city's nursing homes an A for our inspections rating. Inspection scores are based on many items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that score well in this area have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Freeport's next best category was short-term care, where we gave it a B- in this category. In the other categories we looked at, Freeport received grades of B- and D for our long-term care and nursing areas respectively. While we found the rest of its profile to be acceptable, this nursing score isn't a great sign for nursing staffing levels.