There are 26 nursing homes in Salt Lake City, Utah, providing for a population of 594,043 people. Impressively, this place's nursing homes received a very good city grade of B+. A city grade in this range is not very common for a city with this many facilities. We also assessed the facilities in the nearby city of Roy, which received a decent city grade in its own right. However, we found the facilities in Salt Lake City to be rated a bit higher than the ones in Roy. Lastly, Salt Lake City has the prestigious distinction of being the fifteenth best city in the state of Utah according to our ratings.
In addition to performing well in its overall grade, the nursing homes in Salt Lake City performed extremely well in the category of inspections. In fact, some of its facilities received nearly perfect inspection reports this year. As a result, Salt Lake City received one of our best ratings in that area with an A-. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing these inspection grades. One critical factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some end up being quite insignificant. In addition, the city earned a B+ for the city's short-term care rating. Rounding out its report card, we gave the city favorable grades for our nursing and long-term care categories as well.