Nursing Homes in Mercer, Pennsylvania

There are two facilities in Mercer, Pennsylvania, which at least gives you a few choices. With a city grade of B-, you ought to be able to find a decent nursing home here. For comparison's sake, we also looked at the nursing homes in the nearby city of New Kensington, which received a city grade of D. We found Mercer to be in a totally different league. This place is better in some categories than others, but it didn't have terrible scores in any of our major areas discussed below. Additional information about its category grades is available in the next paragraph.

While its overall grade was not elite, this city's nursing homes performed extremely well in our inspection category. In fact, we awarded the city a grade of A+ for that category, which is one of our best scores. Inspection grades account for a host of factors included in a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we weigh heavily is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher scores in this category usually have few of these severe deficiencies. The city also excelled in the area of government nursing with a grade of B. Lastly, Mercer received a B- for long-term care and a C in the area of short-term care.