With a population of 27,619 people, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania is a relatively small city. There are only 4 nursing homes in the city, which does not provide you with too many options to choose from. We awarded this relatively small group of nursing homes a city grade of B, which is a good rating. This is as good or better than the city grade of the average city in the United States. You can continue reading to learn more about how this city's nursing homes fared in our category grades.
In addition to performing well in its overall grade, many of the nursing homes in Gettysburg performed remarkably well in the category of inspections. In fact, some of its facilities received virtually perfect inspection reports this year. Consequently, it received one of our highest ratings in that area with an A. Arguably the most significant factor we look at in calculating our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places with higher scores in this area typically dodged the most severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. Gettysburg also fared well in the area of government nursing with a grade of B. In the other categories we looked at, the city were awarded a B- for its long-term care grade and a B- for short-term care.