Salisbury, North Carolina has seven nursing homes to choose from, which is not a bad selection. This city received a city grade of B- based on its overall nursing home quality. For comparison's sake, we also assessed the facilities in the nearby city of Lexington, which received a city grade of D. We found Salisbury to be on a whole other level. You can continue reading to find more information about how this city's nursing homes fared in our category grades.
While its overall grade was not elite, the nursing homes in Salisbury performed remarkably well in our inspection category. In fact, we awarded Salisbury an A- for that category, which is one of our best scores. Arguably the most critical factor we look at in computing our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Facilities with better grades in this area most likely dodged the more severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. Inspections appears to be this city's second best attribute. It earned a B- in this category. Lastly, this place earned a grade of B- in our nursing category and a B- in short-term care.