La Follette, Tennessee offers just two nursing homes to choose from, which is not a ton of options. These nursing homes did not really excel from a quality point of view either. The city was awarded a city grade of C, which is not one of our better scores at the city level. This score is not necessarily the end of the world, but it is well below average by national standards. The best part of this city's profile was is its inspection rating. Inspection reports are discussed in the following section.
While this city received a middle of the road overall grade, its inspection grade is notably higher than the city's overall score. Due to some of its facilities receiving strong inspection reports this year, La Follette received one of our higher grades in that category with a B. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating our inspection grades. One of those factors is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is arguably more important than the number of deficiencies, as some of these end up being quite insignificant. La Follette also earned one of our better scores in our nursing category, with a B. In the other categories we looked at, this place received grades of B- and D for our long-term care and short-term care categories respectively. Despite an otherwise respectable performance, this place's poor short-term care score could be a problem for prospective residents looking for rehabilitation services.