There are six nursing homes in Columbia, South Carolina, which gives you some options to choose from. We awarded the nursing homes here a phenomenal city grade of A, which is a great achievement when you look at the number of facilities in the city. In fact, this ended up being the seventh best city in South Carolina according to our rankings. Finally, this city's category grades were just as impressive as its overall city grade. You can find more information about these in the next section.
This city's nursing homes received a strong overall grade, but we also wanted to point out that some of the city's nursing homes received almost flawless health inspections the past few years. We awarded Columbia an elite grade of A+ for this category. Inspection scores weigh several factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher grades in this category tend to have few of these severe deficiencies. Columbia performed extremely well in our short-term care category as well. As a result, we awarded it an A- in that category. Rounding out its top notch report card, this place were awarded a grade of A- for long-term care and a grade of B+ in the area of nursing.