Nursing Homes in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

With 20 nursing homes to select from in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, you ought to be able to find a good one. This city's nursing homes were given a solid city grade of B-. This is just about average by national standards, which is perfectly respectable. This city was stronger in some categories than others, but it did not have bad scores in any of the major categories. More information about these categories can be found in the next section.

This city's nursing homes received a somewhat average overall grade, but we really would like to emphasize that some of the nursing homes in the city nearly perfect health inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A- in this area. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing these inspection ratings. One of those factors is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some are relatively minor. The city received a B in our long-term care category. In our final two categories, this place were awarded a B- for its nursing rating and a B- in the area of short-term care.