With a population of 67,052 people, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania is a relatively small city. There are just 4 nursing homes in the city, which doesn't provide you with too many choices. The nursing homes in this city received an excellent city grade of B+. Even with only a few nursing homes, this is still an impressive city grade. In fact, this city's city grade even surpassed the city grade of nursing homes in the nearby city of Reisterstown. This is particularly impressive in light of the fact that we gave those facilities in Reisterstown a city grade of B, which is a good grade in its own right. The best aspect of this city's impressive report card was its nursing homes' inspection grades. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section
To pair with its strong overall grade, we awarded the nursing homes in Mechanicsburg an A in our inspections category. Perhaps the most critical factor we consider in calculating our inspection scores is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher grades in this category most likely avoided the more severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. In addition, Mechanicsburg also received strong short-term care grade where it received a B+ in this area. Wrapping up its strong report card, this place earned a grade of B+ for its nursing rating and a grade of B for long-term care. Mechanicsburg really did not have any weak links as far as we could tell.