Van Wert, Ohio is a medium size city with 15,275 people. The city features only 2 nursing homes, which does not offer you too many options. This city's nursing homes received a strong city grade of B+, so what this city lacks in quantity, it makes up for in quality. For comparison's sake, we also assessed the nursing homes in the nearby city of Fort Wayne, which received a decent city grade in its own right. However, we found the nursing homes in Van Wert to be rated much higher than the ones in Fort Wayne. You can continue reading to learn more about how this city's nursing homes fared in our category grades.
On top of having excellent nursing homes on the whole, this place really excelled in the area of inspections, where it received an A. Not many cities earned a better grade in this category. Perhaps the most critical factor we look at in calculating our inspection scores is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Places with better scores in this area typically dodged the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. Van Wert also really excelled in the category of long-term care, where it received an A-. In our final two categories, Van Wert earned slightly below average grades for our short-term care and nursing categories.