With 20,441 people, Northfield, Ohio is a relatively small city. There are just 2 nursing homes in the city, which does not offer you too many choices. This place's limited supply of nursing homes were given a strong city grade of B. By way of comparison, we awarded the nursing homes in the nearby city of Cleveland a city grade of C, which is a well below average score. While the two cities were relatively close, we found the nursing homes in Northfield to be a better bet. You can continue reading to learn more about how this city's nursing homes fared in our category grades.
As mentioned above, this city's nursing homes received a strong overall grade, but we also wanted to emphasize that some of the city's facilities received almost perfect health inspections in recent years. We gave Northfield an impressive grade of A in this area. These inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Northfield also received strong short-term care score where it received a B in this area. In the other categories we looked at, Northfield received a grade of B for its long-term care grade and a B- in the area of nursing.