There are surprisingly just 4 nursing homes located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, providing for a significant population of 158,701 people. We awarded this small group of nursing homes a city grade of B, which is a good rating. In fact, this place's city grade was far better than the city grade of facilities in the nearby city of Shelbyville. While the nursing homes in Shelbyville are not terrible, we found Murfreesboro to be in a totally different league. You can continue reading to learn more about how this city's nursing homes fared in our category grades.
In addition to having excellent nursing homes overall, this city's nursing homes really excelled in the category of inspections, where we gave it an A-. Not many cities performed better in this category. Our inspection scores are tied to several datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that excel in this area typically have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. In addition, the city earned a B for its. In our final two categories, we awarded the city middle of the pack grades for our short-term care and nursing categories.