With three nursing homes in the city, there are only a couple of options to choose from in Humboldt, Tennessee. We gave this city a city grade of B for based on the quality of its nursing homes. This is as good or better than the city grade of the average city in the nation. This city's impressive report card was highlighted by its nursing homes' inspection scores, which you can find in the next section.
In addition to performing well in its overall grade, most of the nursing homes in Humboldt performed spectacularly well in the category of inspections. In fact, some of the nursing homes in the city received virtually flawless inspection reports this year. Consequently, we awarded it one of our best ratings in that category with an A-. Our inspection ratings are tied to several datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that receive favorable grades in this area tend to have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. In addition, the city also received strong long-term care score where it earned a grade of B+ in this area. Finally, this place earned a B for its nursing grade and a C for short-term care.