Nursing Homes in Dresden, Tennessee

With two nursing homes in the city, you only have a couple of choices in Dresden, Tennessee. We awarded this relatively small group of nursing homes a city grade of B, which is a quality grade. We also assessed the facilities in the nearby city of Paducah, which received a city grade of B-. While there is nothing wrong with this grade, we found the facilities Dresden to be better on the whole. We were also pleased to find that this city's nursing homes didn't have any poor grades in any of the major categories. Additional information about its category grades can be found in the next section.

In addition to performing well in its overall grade, most of the nursing homes in Dresden performed spectacularly well in our inspections category. In fact, some of the nursing homes in the city received almost flawless inspection reports this year. As a result, we awarded it one of our best grades in that area with a grade of A+. Arguably the most important factor we consider in determining our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with better scores in this area typically avoided the more severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. The city also received strong nursing score where it earned a B+ in this area. In our final two categories, the city received a grade of B in our long-term care category and a C in short-term care.