With a population of 162,643 , Schenectady, New York is relatively large metropolitan area. There are 6 nursing homes in the city, which should give you a variety of options. These facilities earned on average an overall grade of B, which is a perfectly respectable score for the city. This is as good or better than the city grade of most of the cities in the country. This city's profile is also very consistent as it did not receive a single poor category grade either. You can find more information about these in the next paragraph.
In addition to having quality nursing homes overall, this city really excelled in the category of inspections, where it received an A. Few cities earned a better grade in this category. Our inspection grades are based on several pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that receive favorable grades in this area tend to have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. The next highest grade we gave this place in any area was its long-term care score, where we gave it a B-. In our final two categories, we gave the city a B- for its short-term care score and a B- in nursing.