There are 10 nursing homes in Columbia, South Carolina, which gives you some options to choose from. We awarded the nursing homes here a very good city grade of B+, which is an impressive achievement when you look at the number of facilities in the city. In fact, this is one of the top twenty five rated cities in South Carolina. This statistic is also a reminder that South Carolina has a long list of cities with great facilities. You can continue reading to learn more about how this city's nursing homes fared in our category grades.
In addition to receiving a strong overall grade, the nursing homes in Columbia performed spectacularly well in our inspection category. In fact, we awarded Columbia an A- for this category, which is one of our best scores. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing these inspection grades. One critical factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies end up being relatively minor. Columbia earned a grade of B+ for the city's short-term care rating. Rounding out its quality report card, the city received a B+ for nursing and a B+ in the area of long-term care. We really found this city to be very strong everywhere we looked.