With 697,385 people, Memphis, Tennessee is among the most densely populated metropolitan areas in the nation. There are 13 nursing homes there, which gives you plenty of options. This place's nursing homes were awarded a city grade of C, which is not one of our stronger grades at the city level. This grade unfortunately is on the wrong side of the national average. One of the highlights of this city's report card is its nursing homes' impressive inspection grades, which you can find in the following section.
It should also be noted that this city's inspection rating was superior to its overall grade. In fact, we gave Memphis a B for its inspection grade, which is one of our better scores. These inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This city's second best category is long-term care, where it earned a B- in this category. In the other categories we looked at, this place received middle of the road grades for our short-term care and nursing categories.