With two nursing homes in the city, you only have a couple of options to choose from in Elyria, Ohio. With a city grade of B, this city's nursing homes proved to be good options. This is as good or better than the city grade of the average city in the country. This city's strong report card was highlighted by its nursing homes' inspection ratings, which is addressed in the next section.
In addition to performing well in its overall grade, this city performed remarkably well in terms of its inspection grade. In fact, some of its facilities received nearly flawless inspection reports this year. As a result, we awarded Elyria one of our best ratings in that area with a grade of A. Arguably the most critical factor we consider in determining our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a facility's inspection reports. Facilities with better grades in this category most likely dodged the most severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. Elyria earned a grade of B+ in our short-term care category. Wrapping up its report card, the city earned grades of B and D for our nursing and long-term care areas respectively. For the most part, we were impressed with this place's category grades, but it really struggled in our long-term care category.