There are 18 nursing homes in Dallas, Texas, which provides you with plenty of choices. These facilities earned on average an overall grade of B-, which a decent grade for the city. We also assessed the facilities in the nearby city of Garland. We found the nursing homes in Dallas to be a bit better. The best part of this city's report card was its nursing homes' exemplary inspection grades. We discuss inspections in the following paragraph.
Despite receiving a somewhat average overall grade, the nursing homes in Dallas performed remarkably well in the area of inspections. In fact, some of the nursing homes in the city received nearly flawless inspection reports this year. Consequently, we awarded Dallas one of our highest scores in that category with an A-. Arguably the most critical factor we consider in determining our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Facilities with higher grades in this category typically avoided the more severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. Inspections is Dallas's next best grade. We awarded it a B- in this category. In our final two categories, Dallas earned a grade of B- for its short-term care score and a B- in long-term care.
