With 18,850 people, La Follette, Tennessee is a small city. There are only 2 nursing homes in the city, which does not give you too many options to choose from. The small number of nursing homes in this city received a city grade of C, which is not a strong grade at the city level. This score is below average by national standards. You can continue reading to find more information about how this city's nursing homes were rated in our category grades.
While this city received a middle of the road overall grade, its inspection grade is higher than its overall score. Due to some of its nursing homes receiving favorable inspection reports this year, La Follette received one of our better scores in that category with a grade of B. Arguably the most important factor we consider in computing our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with better grades in this category typically dodged the more severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. La Follette's second best category was nursing, where we gave it a B- in this category. In the last two categories, this place were awarded a B- for its long-term care grade and a grade of D for short-term care. Despite an otherwise respectable performance, this place's weak short-term care grade could be a problem for prospective residents looking for rehabilitation.