Palmyra, Pennsylvania is a medium size city with 20,218 people. It has just 3 nursing homes, which doesn't provide you with too many options. We gave this city a city grade of B for overall nursing home quality. We also assessed the facilities in the nearby city of Harrisburg. We found the nursing homes in Palmyra to be in a totally different league than the ones in Harrisburg. Fortunately, this city did not have any weak links in any of the four major categories. Additional information about its category grades can be found in the next section.
In addition to receiving a strong overall grade, many of the nursing homes in Palmyra performed remarkably well in our inspection category. In fact, we awarded Palmyra an A- for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Our inspection grades are based on pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that receive favorable grades in this category have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Palmyra performed especially well in terms of its nursing grade as well. As a result, we gave it an A- in that area. Lastly, the city earned a B- for its short-term care rating and a B- in the area of long-term care.