Nursing Homes in Hickory, North Carolina

There are four facilities in Hickory, North Carolina, which at least gives you a few choices. We awarded the nursing homes here an excellent city grade of B+. Even with just a couple of nursing homes, this is still a great sign. For comparison's sake, we also assessed the nursing homes in the nearby city of Lenoir, which received a city grade of B. As good as the nursing homes are in Lenoir, we found Hickory to be even better. This city's nursing homes are stronger in some categories than others, but it didn't have any bad scores in any of our four major categories. Additional information about these categories can be found in the next section.

In addition to receiving a strong overall grade, this city performed spectacularly well in our inspection category. In fact, we awarded its facilities an A+ for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Arguably the most critical factor we look at in computing our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Places with higher scores in this area typically dodged the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. Hickory earned a grade of B+ in our long-term care category. Wrapping up its quality profile, Hickory earned a B+ for its short-term care score and a grade of B for nursing. We truly found this place to be very strong in every category.