With just three nursing homes in the city, there are only a few choices in Cookeville, Tennessee. These nursing homes earned on average an overall grade of C. This isn't a terrible grade, but it isn't quite as high of a grade as we had hoped for either. Nationally, most cities received a higher grade than this city. We were pleased to find one strong nursing home in the city. This would be a smart place to start your search.
Despite receiving a somewhat average overall grade, the nursing homes in Cookeville performed spectacularly well in the area of inspections. In fact, some of its facilities received virtually perfect inspection reports this year. As a result, we awarded Cookeville one of our highest grades in that area with a grade of A-. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing our inspection ratings. One of those factors is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies are quite minor. Cookeville's second highest score was in the area of long-term care, where we gave it a B-. In the other categories we looked at, this place received a C for its nursing score and a C in the area of short-term care.