There is unfortunately only one nursing home in Kennewick, Washington, providing for a decent size population of 90,153 people. We were relieved to discover that its only nursing home received a strong overall grade of B+. We also assessed the nursing homes in the nearby city of Richland. With Richland receiving a terrible city grade, we found the facility in Kennewick to be in a totally different league than most of the nursing homes in Richland. Kennewick is also one of the top ten rated cities in the state of Washington.
In addition to receiving a strong overall grade, this city's sole nursing home performed spectacularly well in our short-term care category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A for short-term care, which is one of our highest scores. In determining our short-term care scores, we analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The objective is to devise a measure for comparing the rehabilitation services of nursing homes. This city also performed extremely well in our nursing category, where we awarded it an A-. Wrapping up its profile, this place earned grades of B+ and D for our inspections and long-term care categories respectively. Even with its poor long-term care grade, this city's other category grades were great.