With a population of 123,241 , Bethlehem, Pennsylvania is a moderately populated city. There are 7 nursing homes there, which provides you with some options to choose from. Impressively, the nursing homes here received an excellent city grade of A-. For comparison's sake, we also assessed the nursing homes in the nearby city of East Stroudsburg. We found the nursing homes in Bethlehem to be in a totally different league than the ones in East Stroudsburg. Lastly, Bethlehem is also one of the 500 best cities in the nation.
In addition to receiving a strong overall grade, the nursing homes in Bethlehem performed remarkably well in our inspection category. In fact, we awarded it an A+ for this category, which is one of our best scores. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating our inspection ratings. One of those factors is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some of these can be relatively insignificant. The city also excelled in the area of government nursing with a grade of B+. Rounding out its profile, this place earned a B+ in our short-term care category and a B for long-term care. Bethlehem really didn't have any weak links as far as we could tell.