There are six facilities in Mount Vernon, Ohio, which provides you with a fair number of options to choose from. The nursing homes here received a solid city grade of B-. For comparison's sake, we also looked at the nursing homes in the nearby city of Westerville. While we not writing glowing reviews about either city, we found the nursing homes in Mount Vernon to be a better bet. You can continue reading to learn more about how this city's nursing homes were rated in our category grades.
While this city's nursing homes received a middle of the road overall grade, its inspection grade is notably higher than the city's overall score. Due to some of its facilities receiving strong inspection reports this year, Mount Vernon received one of our higher grades in this area with a grade of B+. Arguably the most significant factor we consider in determining our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Places with higher scores in this area most likely avoided the more severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. Mount Vernon also received one of our higher scores in our nursing category, with a grade of B. In our final two categories, we awarded the city slightly below average grades for our short-term care and long-term care categories.