Scotland Neck, North Carolina is an average size city with 4,861 people. It features only 2 nursing homes, which doesn't provide you with too many choices. With a city grade of B-, you should be able to find a decent facility here. We found this city grade is considerably better than the city grade of C received by the nearby city of Suffolk. While that is not an awful grade, Scotland Neck certainly appears to be a better bet. The best part of this place's profile is its nursing homes' remarkable inspection reports. We discuss inspections in the following paragraph.
This city received a fairly ordinary overall grade, but we really want to emphasize that some of its facilities virtually flawless health inspections in recent years. We gave them an impressive grade of A+ in this area. Our inspection ratings are based on pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that score well in this area typically have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. We also wanted to point out that we awarded Scotland Neck an A- in our long-term care category. Lastly, Scotland Neck earned a C in our nursing category and a grade of F in the area of short-term care. Even with otherwise respectable category grades, this place's weak short-term care score could be a problem for those who need rehabilitation services..