With four nursing homes in the city, there are only a couple of choices in Ithaca, New York. These facilities did not really excel from a quality perspective either. The city received a city grade of C, which is not one of our stronger grades at the city level. We found that most cities received a B or higher, leaving this city on the wrong side of average. This place is stronger in some categories than others, but it did not have terrible scores in any of the four major categories. More information about its category grades is available in the next paragraph.
This city's nursing homes received a somewhat average overall grade, but we really wanted to point out that some of its facilities almost perfect health inspections the past few years. We awarded them an elite grade of A- in this area. Our inspection ratings are based on many pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that excel in this area have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Inspections is this city's next best attribute. It earned a grade of C in this area. In the other categories we looked at, we gave the city slightly below average grades in our nursing and short-term care categories.