With 224,445 people, Jamaica, New York is relatively large city. There are 6 nursing homes there, which provides you with plenty of choices. Impressively, this city's nursing homes received an excellent city grade of B+. This would be an accomplishment for any city, but it is even more impressive when you consider the number of facilities in the city. This is a well above average grade with the vast majority of cities receiving a B or lower. This city's impressive report card was highlighted by its nursing homes' inspection ratings, which you can find in the next section.
In addition to performing well in its overall grade, most of the facilities in Jamaica performed especially well in terms of its inspection grade. In fact, some of its facilities received almost perfect inspection reports this year. Consequently, Jamaica received one of our best scores in that area with an A+. Inspection scores are based on many pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that excel in this category tend to have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. The city also really excelled in the category of long-term care, where it received an A-. In our final two categories, the city received a B for short-term care and a grade of B- in nursing.