There are 10 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' overall grade was propped up by its impressive inspections in recent years. We awarded them one of our higher scores in that category, with a B+. Perhaps the most significant factor we consider in calculating our inspection scores is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places with better scores in this area typically avoided the more severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. Abilene received its second highest score in the category of long-term care, where we gave it a B-, which is also a decent grade. In the other categories we looked at, Abilene received a grade of C for its nursing grade and a C in the area of short-term care.