There are eight facilities in Knoxville, Tennessee, which gives you a fair number of choices. We gave the nursing homes in this city an excellent city grade of B+, which is quite an achievement when you consider the number of facilities here. In fact, this city's city grade actually superior to the city grade of nursing homes in the local city of Morristown. This is especially impressive in light of the fact that we gave those facilities in Morristown a city grade of B, which is a good score in its own right. We were also pleased to find that this city's nursing homes did not have any poor grades in any of the major categories. More information about these categories is available in the next section.
To pair with its strong overall grade, we awarded this city's nursing homes an A in our inspections category. Our inspection grades are tied to items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that score well in this area tend to have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. In addition, the city earned a grade of B for its. Wrapping up its impressive profile, we awarded the city strong scores for our short-term care and long-term care categories as well.