With a population of 45,100 , North Tonawanda, New York is a relatively small city. There are just 2 nursing homes there, which doesn't give you too many options. We gave the nursing homes here an excellent city grade of B+. Even with just a few facilities, this is still a great sign. This is a well above average grade with the overwhelming majority of places receiving a lower score. 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, this city performed especially well in terms of its inspection grade. In fact, some of the nursing homes in the city received nearly perfect inspection reports this year. Consequently, it received one of our best scores in that area with a grade of A+. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing these inspection grades. One critical factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more important than the number of deficiencies, as some end up being relatively minor. North Tonawanda also received strong short-term care score with a grade of B+ in this area. Lastly, the city earned slightly below average grades for our nursing and long-term care categories.