There are 11 nursing homes located in Abilene, Texas, providing for a population of 124,196 people. We gave this city a decent city grade of B- for an overall score. This is just about average by national standards, which is nothing to be ashamed of. You can continue reading to learn more about how this city's nursing homes performed in our category grades.
This city's nursing homes received a somewhat average overall grade, however, we really wanted to point out that some of the nursing homes in the city almost flawless health inspections in recent years. We gave it an elite grade of A- in this category. Perhaps the most critical factor we consider in calculating our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a facility's inspection reports. Places with higher scores in this area typically avoided the most severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. Abilene earned its second best score in the area of long-term care, where we awarded it a B-, which also isn't too bad. In the other categories we looked at, Abilene earned a B- for its short-term care score and a B- in nursing.