There are surprisingly only 2 nursing homes in Kennewick, Washington, providing for a population of 90,153 people. Despite not having a ton of nursing homes, this city received a world class city grade of A-. In fact, this city's city grade was far better than the city grade of facilities in the nearby city of Walla Walla. This is especially impressive in light of the fact that we gave those nursing homes in Walla Walla a city grade of B, which is actually a good grade in its own right. Lastly, Kennewick is also one of the top 500 cities in the nation.
In addition to receiving a strong overall grade, many of the facilities in Kennewick performed spectacularly well in our short-term care category. In fact, we awarded the city a grade of A+ for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Cities with these kinds of short-term care ratings typically have nursing homes offering physical therapy, highly skilled nursing and other services associated with rehabilitation. In addition, Kennewick also performed spectacularly well in our inspection category, with an A- for this area. Rounding out its top notch profile, this place earned grades of A- and B for our nursing and long-term care categories respectively.