There are eight facilities in Mesquite, Texas, which gives you a decent number of choices. This place's nursing homes were awarded a city grade of C, which is not one of our better scores at the city level. It looks like most cities received a B or higher, leaving Mesquite on the wrong side of average. One of the major highlights of this city's profile is its stellar inspection score, which we will address in the following paragraph.
While its overall rating was not elite, this city's nursing homes performed remarkably well in our inspection category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Perhaps the most important factor we consider in calculating our inspection scores is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places with higher scores in this area typically avoided the more severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. This city's next best score was in our long-term care category, where it received a grade of B-. In our final two categories, this place earned a C in our short-term care category and a C in nursing.