Fayetteville, North Carolina offers nine nursing homes to choose from, which is a decent selection. These nursing homes received on average an overall grade of C. This isn't a bad score, but it is not quite as strong of a grade as we had hoped for either. For comparison's sake, we also looked at the facilities in the nearby city of Clayton, which received a city grade of D. While neither city comes highly recommended, Fayetteville looks like the slightly better option. You can continue reading to find more information about how this city's nursing homes were rated in our category grades.
Despite receiving a fairly ordinary overall grade, this city's nursing homes performed remarkably well in our inspections category. In fact, some of its facilities received virtually perfect inspection reports this year. As a result, we awarded Fayetteville one of our best grades in that category with an A-. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating these inspection scores. One of those factors is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these end up being quite insignificant. Fayetteville earned its next best score in the area of long-term care, where we awarded it a B-, which is also a decent grade. In the last two categories, Fayetteville were awarded a B- for its short-term care grade and a grade of D in nursing. In spite of an otherwise respectable profile, a nursing rating this poor may be an ominous sign for nursing staffing levels.