Nursing Homes in Waynesville, North Carolina

There are only 3 nursing homes located in Waynesville, North Carolina, providing for a relatively small population of 28,052 people. This relatively small group of facilities earned on average an overall grade of B, which is a quality score for the city. For comparison's sake, we also assessed the facilities in the nearby city of Marion, which received a city grade of B-. While there's nothing wrong with this grade, we found the nursing homes Waynesville to be better on the whole. This city's profile was also consistent as it did not receive a single weak category grade either. You can learn more about these in the next paragraph.

In addition to having quality nursing homes on the whole, this city's nursing homes really excelled in the category of inspections, where we gave it an A+. Not many cities performed better in this area. Inspection scores account for a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher grades in this category usually have few of these severe deficiencies. Waynesville also received one of our better scores in the area of short-term care, with a B. Finally, we awarded the city middle of the pack grades for our long-term care and nursing areas.