With eight nursing homes to choose from in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, you should assess multiple options before choosing a facility. With a city grade of B-, this city should have some decent nursing homes. We also looked at the nursing homes in the nearby city of East Stroudsburg. We found the nursing homes in Wilkes Barre to be a bit better. This place is stronger in some categories than others, but it did not have bad scores in any of our major areas discussed below. More information about its category grades can be found in the next section.
This city's nursing homes' most impressive category grade was in the area of government inspections. In that area, we gave Wilkes Barre a B+. Arguably the most critical factor we consider in calculating our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with better scores in this area typically dodged the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. This city's second best grade came in nursing, where Wilkes Barre received a B-. Lastly, this place received a B- for short-term care and a grade of C for long-term care.