Memphis is a large metropolitan area with 697,385 people. It features 21 nursing homes, so you should have plenty of options to choose from. This place's nursing homes were given a respectable city grade of B-. This is just about average by national standards, which is perfectly respectable. The best part of this city's profile was is its inspection reports. Inspection grades are discussed in the following section.
The nursing homes in Memphis received an inspection grade which is better than its overall grade. We awarded them a strong grade of B+ in this category. Perhaps the most important factor we look at in computing our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a facility's inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher grades in this category most likely avoided the more severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. Memphis earned a B in the area of long-term care. In the last two categories, this place were awarded a C in our short-term care category and a grade of C for nursing.