Lakewood, Ohio offers only three nursing homes to choose from, so you have relatively limited options. These nursing homes in this city earned this place a strong city grade of B. This is as good or better than the city grade of most of the cities in the United States. Fortunately, this city's nursing homes did not have any poor grades in any of the major categories discussed below. Additional information about its category grades is available in the next paragraph.
In addition to receiving a strong overall grade, this city performed remarkably well in our inspection category. In fact, we awarded Lakewood an A for that category, which is one of our best scores. Inspection ratings weigh several factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we weigh heavily is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher grades in this area generally have very few of these severe deficiencies. In addition, Lakewood also earned one of our higher scores in our nursing category, with a B. Lastly, we awarded the city middle of the pack grades for our short-term care and long-term care areas.