With just three nursing homes in the city, you only have a couple of choices in Brownsville, Texas. These nursing homes received on average an overall grade of D. This reflects the fact that this place has some really bad nursing homes. For comparison's sake, we also assessed the facilities in the nearby city of Mercedes, which received an abysmal city grade of F. While neither city comes highly recommended, Brownsville surprisingly appears to be a better choice. We don't have many good things to say about this city's nursing homes, but they did receive surprisingly impressive inspection ratings. You can scroll down to learn more about inspections and other category grades.
This city received a terrible overall grade, but we really wanted to point out that some of the nursing homes in the city nearly perfect health inspections in recent years. We awarded them an elite grade of A- in this area. Our inspection grades account for several factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. You generally want to avoid places with a bunch of severe deficiencies flagged. Surprisingly, this city performed decently in our long-term care category as well, where it received a C for this category. In the last two categories, this place earned terrible grades for our short-term care and nursing categories respectively.