There are five nursing homes in Yonkers, New York, which at least gives you a few choices. This place's nursing homes were given a decent city grade of B-. This city appears to be a better option than the local city of East Elmhurst, which received a grade of C. One of the major highlights of this city's profile is its stellar inspection score, which we will address in the next section.
While its overall score was fairly ordinary, we awarded this city an A for our inspections rating. Inspection grades are tied to several items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that receive favorable grades in this area have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. In addition, Yonkers also received one of our better scores in the area of long-term care, with a B. In our final two categories, this place received middle of the road grades for our nursing and short-term care categories.