Nursing Homes in Alexandria, Virginia

With a population of 321,490 people, Alexandria, Virginia is relatively large city. There are 6 nursing homes there, which gives you a variety of choices. These nursing homes earned on average an overall grade of B, which is a good score for the city. This is as good or better than the city grade of most of the cities in the nation. The best aspect of Alexandria's impressive profile was its nursing homes' inspection scores. We discuss inspections in the next section

In addition to receiving a strong overall grade, this city's nursing homes performed spectacularly well in our inspection category. In fact, we awarded the city an A- for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Perhaps the most critical factor we look at in calculating our inspection scores is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a facility's inspection reports. Places with better scores in this area most likely dodged the most severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. The city also performed extremely well in the area of short-term care, where it earned a grade of A- for that category. Finally, the city were awarded a B in our nursing category and a B- for long-term care.