There are seven nursing homes in Roanoke, Virginia, which gives you a decent number of choices. This place's nursing homes received an excellent city grade of B+. A city grade in this range is relatively uncommon for a city with so many nursing homes. This city has the prestigious distinction of being one of the top twenty five rated cities in Virginia. This statistic is also a reminder that this state has a long list of cities with high quality nursing homes. As you might expect, Roanoke had 4 nursing homes that were awarded a grade of A- or better. This offers you a couple of elite facilities.
In addition to receiving a strong overall grade, many of the facilities in Roanoke performed spectacularly well in our inspection category. In fact, we awarded Roanoke an A for this category, which is one of our highest scores. Arguably the most significant factor we consider in determining our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Places with better scores in this area typically avoided the most severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. In addition, the city also received an impressive long-term care grade with a grade of B+ in this area. Wrapping up its strong profile, Roanoke were awarded a B+ for short-term care and a B in the area of nursing. This city did not have any weak links based on our assessment.