Nursing Homes in Newport News, Virginia

With six nursing homes in the city, there are a fair number of facilities in Newport News, Virginia. This city received a decent city grade of B- for an overall score. This is right about the middle of the road by national standards, which is nothing to be ashamed of. The best part of this place's profile was its nursing homes' stellar inspection ratings. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section.

Despite receiving a fairly ordinary overall grade, this city's nursing homes performed especially well in the area of inspections. In fact, some of the nursing homes in the city received virtually perfect inspection reports this year. As a result, Newport News received one of our highest ratings in that category with a grade of A. Perhaps the most critical factor we look at in determining our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Facilities with better scores in this area most likely avoided the more severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. In addition, Newport News received a B+ in our short-term care category. In the other categories we looked at, this place were awarded a grade of B- for its nursing grade and a C in the area of long-term care.