With 16 nursing homes in the city, New York, New York offers far more nursing homes to choose from than the vast majority of American cities. Impressively, this city's nursing homes received an excellent city grade of B+. This is a solid achievement for any city, but it is especially impressive when you consider the number of nursing homes in the city. For comparison's sake, we also assessed the nursing homes in the nearby city of Maspeth. We found the nursing homes in New York to be in a totally different league than the ones in Maspeth. You can continue reading to learn more about how this city's nursing homes fared in our category grades.
As mentioned above, this city's nursing homes received a strong overall grade, but we also wanted to emphasize that some of the city's nursing homes received virtually flawless health inspections the past few years. We gave New York an elite grade of A in this category. Inspection grades are based on many pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that score well in this category typically have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. New York also excelled in the category of long-term care with a B+. Finally, New York earned a B for its short-term care rating and a B- in the area of nursing.