There are 9 nursing homes located in Allentown, Pennsylvania, servicing a population of 166,081 people. Impressively, this place's nursing homes received a very good city grade of B+. This would be a solid achievement for any city, but it is especially impressive when you consider the number of nursing homes in the city. In fact, this place's city grade was far better than the city grade of facilities in the local city of Pottstown. While this grade are not that bad, we found Allentown to be on a whole other level. We were also pleased to find that this city's nursing homes did not have any poor grades in any of the four major categories. Additional information about these categories can be found in the next section.
In addition to receiving a strong overall grade, the nursing homes in Allentown performed remarkably well in our inspection category. In fact, we awarded it an A+ for this category, which is one of our highest scores. Arguably the most critical factor we look at in computing our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Facilities with better scores in this area most likely dodged the more severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. In addition, Allentown earned a B+ for our short-term care category. Wrapping up its quality profile, we gave Allentown a grade of B for nursing and a B in long-term care. We truly found Allentown to be very competent everywhere we looked.