With three nursing homes in the city, there are only a couple of options in Glen Cove, New York. We gave this city a city grade of B for overall nursing home quality. This is an average city grade nationally, which is perfectly respectable. The best aspect of this city's impressive report card was its nursing homes' inspection grades. We discuss inspections in the next paragraph
In addition to receiving a strong overall grade, this city performed spectacularly well in our inspection category. In fact, we awarded the city an A+ for this category, which is one of our highest scores. Inspection ratings are based on many pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that receive favorable grades in this area typically have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. In addition, the city also earned one of our higher grades in the area of short-term care, with a grade of B+. Wrapping up its report card, this place earned grades of B and D for our long-term care and nursing areas respectively. For the most part, this place's category scores were strong, but its poor nursing rating may indicate lower levels of nurse staffing.