Laredo, Texas has just five nursing homes to choose from, which is a limited selection. We gave this relatively small group of nursing homes a city grade of B-, which is a respectable score. This is comparable with most of the cities in the nation. The best part of this place's report card is its nursing homes' stellar inspection scores. Inspection grades are discussed in the following section.
Despite receiving a fairly ordinary overall grade, this city's nursing homes performed especially well in our inspections category. In fact, some of its facilities received virtually perfect inspection reports this year. As a result, Laredo received one of our best scores in that area with an A+. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating our inspection ratings. One key factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some are relatively insignificant. In addition, the city earned a B for the city's long-term care rating. In our final two categories, Laredo received grades of B- and D for our short-term care and nursing areas respectively. In spite of an otherwise respectable profile, a nursing score of this caliber may be a bad sign for levels of nurse staffing.