Westerville, Ohio is a medium size city with 85,937 people. It features only 4 nursing homes, which is fewer than we expected in a city of this size. This city received a city grade of C based on its overall nursing home quality. This is not a strong city score. Nationally, most cities received a higher grade than this place. Please continue reading to find more information about how this city's nursing homes fared in our category grades.
While this city's nursing homes received a middle of the road overall grade, its inspection grade is more impressive than the city's overall score. Due to some of its facilities receiving favorable inspection reports this year, Westerville received one of our higher scores in that category with a B+. Inspection ratings are based on several items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that receive favorable grades in this area tend to have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. The next highest grade we gave this city in any category was its short-term care rating, where we gave it a C. In our final two categories, we gave the city a C for its nursing rating and a C in the area of long-term care.