With over 25 options to choose from, most people ought to be be able to find a nursing home that is a good fit in Austin, Texas. We gave the nursing homes in this city a city grade of B-, which is a solid rating. This is just about the middle of the road by national standards, which is nothing to be ashamed of. The best part of this city's profile was its nursing homes' remarkable inspection ratings. We discuss inspections in the following section.
Despite receiving a somewhat average overall grade, the nursing homes in Austin performed extremely well in our inspections category. In fact, some of the nursing homes in the city received virtually perfect inspection reports this year. As a result, we awarded Austin one of our best scores in that category with an A-. These inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. The next best score we gave this city in any category was its long-term care grade, where it earned a grade of B-. In our final two categories, Austin earned middle of the road grades for our short-term care and nursing categories.