There are only 2 nursing homes in Horseheads, New York, providing for a population of 20,453 people. We gave the nursing homes here a very good city grade of B+. Even with only a couple of facilities, this is still a great sign. This is a better score than most of the cities in the nation. This city's nursing homes are better in some categories than others, but it did not have any poor grades in any of the major areas discussed below. More information about these categories is available in the next section.
This city received a great overall grade, but we especially wanted to point out that some of the city's nursing homes received almost perfect health inspections in recent years. We gave Horseheads an impressive grade of A+ for this area. Perhaps the most important factor we look at in calculating our inspection scores is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places with better grades in this category most likely dodged the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. In addition, the city also really excelled in the category of long-term care, where it received a grade of A-. In the other categories we looked at, Horseheads received a B- for its nursing rating and a C in short-term care.