Laurens, South Carolina is a medium size city with 20,977 people. It has just 2 nursing homes, which does not offer you too many options to choose from. This city's limited supply of nursing homes were given a quality city grade of B. We also assessed the nursing homes in the nearby city of Simpsonville, which received a city grade of D. We found Laurens to be in a totally different league. This city's nursing homes were better in some categories than others, but it didn't have any bad scores in any of our major categories discussed below. More information about these categories can be found in the next section.
To pair with its strong overall grade, this city also earned a grade of B+ for our inspections category. Perhaps the most significant factor we consider in computing our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with better scores in this category typically avoided the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. In addition, Laurens also excelled in the area of long-term care with a B+. Rounding out its quality profile, the city received a B+ for its nursing score and a B+ in short-term care. We really found this city to be strong in each category we assessed.