Nursing Homes in Athens, Tennessee

With just two nursing homes in the city, there are only a few options to choose from in Athens, Tennessee. We gave the nursing homes in this city a top-notch city grade of A. Even with only a couple of nursing homes, this is still quite an accomplishment. We were so impressed with this city that we ranked it as one of the top 500 cities in the entire country. This is impressive considering we ranked thousands of cities around the country. Headlining this place's remarkable report card is its inspection grade, which we will address in the next section.

In addition to receiving a strong overall grade, many of the facilities in Athens performed extremely well in our inspection category. In fact, we awarded the city an A+ for that category, which is one of our best scores. Inspection ratings account for several factors found on a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with better grades in this area typically have very few of these severe deficiencies. We also awarded Athens a grade of A- for our short-term care rating. Wrapping up its excellent report card, we gave Athens grades of A- and B+ for our long-term care and nursing categories respectively.