Roanoke, Virginia offers 10 nursing homes to choose from, which is a decent selection. The nursing homes here received a very good city grade of B+. This is even more impressive when you consider the number of nursing homes here. In fact, this is one of the top twenty five rated cities in the state of Virginia. This datapoint is a reminder that this state has plenty of cities with great nursing homes. You can continue reading to learn more about how this city's nursing homes fared in our category grades.
In addition to having excellent nursing homes overall, this city really excelled in the area of inspections, where it received an A. Few cities performed better in this category. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating these inspection scores. One of those factors is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is usually more important than the number of deficiencies, as some of these are quite insignificant. Roanoke earned a B+ in our short-term care category. Rounding out its profile, we gave the city strong scores for our long-term care and nursing areas as well.