With 13,569 people, Nanticoke, Pennsylvania is a small city. There are only 2 nursing homes there, which does not provide you with too many options to choose from. This small group of facilities received on average an overall grade of B-, which is a respectable grade for the city. This is just about the middle of the road by national standards, which is perfectly respectable. You can continue reading to learn more about how this city's nursing homes fared in our category grades.
This city's nursing homes received a somewhat average overall grade, but we really wanted to emphasize that some of its facilities nearly flawless health inspections the past few years. We awarded it an elite grade of A- in this area. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing these inspection ratings. One critical factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these end up being quite insignificant. Nanticoke also earned one of our better scores in the area of short-term care, with a B. In our final two categories, this place received a B- for nursing and a C in long-term care.