With a population of 15,814 , Sayville, New York is a small city. There are just 2 nursing homes there, which does not offer you too many choices. This relatively small group of facilities earned on average an overall grade of B, which is a quality score for the city. By way of comparison, we awarded the facilities in the nearby city of Hempstead a city grade of C, which is a below average score. Naturally, we found the facilities in Sayville to be on a whole other level than the ones in Hempstead. You can continue reading to learn more about how this city's nursing homes fared in our category grades.
In addition to receiving a strong overall grade, this city's nursing homes performed remarkably well in our inspection category. In fact, we awarded the city a grade of A+ for that category, which is one of our best scores. Inspection grades are based on many pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that excel in this area tend to have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. In addition, the city also earned one of our better scores in our long-term care category, with a B. Finally, we gave Sayville middle of the road grades for our short-term care and nursing areas.