There are 10 nursing homes in Arlington, Texas, servicing a population of 370,281 people. This city'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. The best part of this city's report card is is its inspection score. We discuss inspections in the following section.
We wanted to note that this city's inspection rating was superior to its overall grade. In fact, we gave Arlington a B+ for its inspection grade, which is one of our better grades. Perhaps the most important factor we look at in computing our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher grades in this category most likely dodged the more severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. This city earned its second highest grade in the area of short-term care, where we gave it a B-, which is also respectable. In the other categories we looked at, we gave Arlington a B- for its long-term care rating and a C in the area of nursing.