With eight nursing homes to choose from in Lynchburg, Virginia, you can afford to assess multiple options before making a decision. We gave the nursing homes in this city a city grade of B, which is a very solid rating. This is an average city grade nationally, which is perfectly respectable. You can continue reading to learn more about how this city's nursing homes fared in our category grades.
In addition to receiving a strong overall grade, many of the nursing homes in Lynchburg performed remarkably well in our inspection category. In fact, we awarded the city an A- for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Arguably the most significant factor we consider in computing our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities with better scores in this category most likely avoided the more severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. Lynchburg earned a B in our nursing category. Wrapping up its report card, the city earned a B in our short-term care category and a B in the area of long-term care. We really found this place to be competent in every category.