Waxhaw, North Carolina is a relatively small city with 45,097 people. The city has just one nursing home, which is less than we were hoping for. We were relieved to discover that its only nursing home received an excellent overall grade of B+. For comparison's sake, we also assessed the facilities in the nearby city of Salisbury. We found the nursing home in Waxhaw to be in a totally different league than most of the facilities in Salisbury. This nursing home's strong profile was highlighted by its inspection reports, which you can find in the next section.
On top of being an excellent facility overall, this city's only nursing home really excelled in the area of inspections, where we gave it an A+. Very few nursing homes earned a better grade in this category. Our inspection grades are tied to many pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that receive favorable grades in this area typically have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This facility also received one of our better scores in the area of short-term care, where we gave it a grade of B+. Wrapping up its report card, the city received grades of B+ and D for our long-term care and nursing categories respectively. For the most part, this place's category scores were strong, but its weak nursing grade may indicate lower levels of nurse staffing.