With five nursing homes in the city, you only have a few options in Clarksville, Tennessee. This small group of facilities received on average an overall grade of B-, which is not a bad grade for the city. For comparison's sake, we also looked at the facilities in the nearby city of Madison. We found the nursing homes in Clarksville to be in a totally different league than the ones in Madison. The best part of this place's profile was its nursing homes' stellar inspection ratings. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section.
While its overall score was not elite, this city's nursing homes performed extremely well in our inspection category. In fact, we awarded Clarksville an A for that category, which is one of our best scores. Inspection grades are tied to several datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that receive favorable grades in this area have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This city's next best category is short-term care, where we awarded it a B- in this category. Finally, this place received a B- in our long-term care category and a C for nursing.