There are two facilities in Lockport, New York, which at least gives you a few choices. We gave the nursing homes here city grade of C, which is not quite as high of a score as we like. This city is a similar option to the local city of Tonawanda, which received a grade of C. Neither city received stellar marks in our assessment. Please continue reading to learn more about how this city's nursing homes fared in our category grades.
Despite receiving a fairly ordinary overall grade, this city performed especially well in the area of inspections. In fact, some of the nursing homes in the city received almost perfect inspection reports this year. Consequently, we awarded Lockport one of our highest scores in that category with an A+. Inspection grades are based on many datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that receive favorable grades in this area typically have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This city's next best score was in the area of long-term care, where it earned a grade of B-. In the other categories we looked at, Lockport earned grades of C and D for our short-term care and nursing categories respectively. Despite an otherwise decent profile, a nursing grade in this range may be a bad sign for nursing staffing levels.