With 86,421 people, Jackson, Tennessee is an average size city. Surprisingly, there are only 2 nursing homes in the city, which is not quite as many as we expected in a city of this size. These nursing homes did not really excel from a quality perspective either. The city received a city grade of C, which is not one of our stronger grades at the city level. Nationally, most cities received a higher grade than this place. The best part of this city's profile was its nursing homes' stellar inspection scores. Inspection reports are discussed in the following paragraph.
Despite receiving a fairly ordinary overall grade, the nursing homes in Jackson performed extremely well in our inspections category. In fact, some of its facilities received almost perfect inspection reports this year. Consequently, Jackson received one of our highest scores in that category with an A. Inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. In addition, Jackson also received one of our higher scores in the area of long-term care, with a B. Finally, the city earned terrible grades in our nursing and short-term care areas respectively.