With 11,887 people, Gonzales, Texas is a small city. There are only 2 nursing homes in the city, which doesn't offer you too many options to choose from. This small group of facilities received on average an overall grade of B, which is a perfectly respectable grade for the city. For comparison's sake, we also looked at the nursing homes in the nearby city of Austin, which has some decent nursing homes of its own. Nevertheless, we found the facilities in Gonzales to be better than the ones in Austin. You can continue reading to learn more about how this city's nursing homes fared in our category grades.
As mentioned above, this city received a strong overall grade, but we also wanted to emphasize that some of the city's nursing homes received almost flawless health inspections in recent years. We awarded Gonzales an impressive grade of A- for this area. Arguably the most significant factor we look at in calculating our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a facility's inspection reports. Facilities with better scores in this category most likely dodged the more severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. Gonzales also fared well in the category of health long-term care with a B+. Lastly, this place were awarded a B- for short-term care and a B- in the area of nursing.