With a population of 489,514 , Raleigh, North Carolina is relatively large metropolitan area. There are 12 nursing homes there, which should give you plenty of options. We awarded the nursing homes here a city grade of B-, which is a decent score. This is right about in the middle of the pack by national standards, which is nothing to be ashamed of. Finally, this place's nursing homes received consistent grades in each of our categories. Additional information about its category grades can be found in the next section.
While its overall score was not elite, this city performed spectacularly 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 scores are tied to datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that score well in this area have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. In addition, Raleigh also received an impressive short-term care rating where it received a grade of B in this area. In the last two categories, this place earned slightly below average grades for our long-term care and nursing categories.