With 48,149 people, Del Rio, Texas is a relatively small city. There are just 3 nursing homes there, which doesn't give you too many options. With a city grade of B, this city's nursing homes turned out to be solid options. By way of comparison, we gave the nursing homes in the local city of Eagle Pass a city grade of C, which is a well below average score. Although the two cities were relatively similar, we found the nursing homes in Del Rio to be a slightly better option. You can continue reading to learn more about how this city's nursing homes fared in our category grades.
In addition to receiving a strong overall grade, the nursing homes in Del Rio performed extremely well in our inspection category. In fact, we awarded its facilities an A for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Arguably the most important factor we consider in computing our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a facility's inspection reports. Facilities with better grades in this category typically avoided the more severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. In addition, the city earned a B in our long-term care category. In our final two categories, the city received middle of the road grades for our short-term care and nursing categories.