With four nursing homes in the city, you only have a couple of options to choose from in Long Beach, New York. This relatively small group of nursing homes earned on average an overall grade of B, which is a perfectly respectable score for the city. We found this city grade to be considerably better than the city grade of D received by the nearby city of East Meadow. If you are choosing between these cities, Long Beach appears to be a no brainer. You can continue reading to learn more about how this city's nursing homes fared in our category grades.
In addition to performing well in its overall grade, most of the nursing homes in Long Beach performed spectacularly well in the area of inspections. In fact, some of its facilities received virtually perfect inspection reports this year. Consequently, we awarded it one of our highest scores in that area with a grade of A+. Inspection grades are tied to items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that score well in this area tend to have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Long Beach earned a B+ for its. Lastly, the city were awarded a grade of C for its short-term care score and a grade of D in nursing. Clearly, nursing proved to be its weak link, but a single poor category grade shouldn't be over emphasized in your assessment.