With a population of 86,013 , Norristown, Pennsylvania is an average size city. There are 6 nursing homes there, which gives you some options. We awarded the nursing homes here a city grade of C, which is not as high of a score as we had hoped for. We found that most cities received a B or higher, leaving this city on the wrong side of average. One of the highlights of this city's report card is its nursing homes' impressive inspection scores, which you can find in the following paragraph.
This city's nursing homes' best category grade was in the area of government inspections. In this category, we gave the city a B+. Our inspection scores are tied to many items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that excel in this category typically have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This city's second best score came in our nursing category, where it received a B-. In the last two categories, we awarded the city slightly below average grades for our short-term care and long-term care areas.