With three nursing homes in the city, there are only a couple of choices in Fairmont, West Virginia. We awarded this small group of nursing homes a city grade of B-, which is a decent rating. Interestingly, this city is the seventh best city in the state according to our ratings. This place was better in some categories than others, but it didn't have terrible grades in any of our major categories discussed below. Additional information about these categories is available in the next paragraph.
This city's most impressive category grade came in the area of health inspections. In that category, we gave the city a B+. Arguably the most important factor we look at in computing our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Places with higher grades in this category typically dodged the more severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. The city earned a B+ for its. In the other categories we looked at, this place received a B for its nursing score and a C in short-term care.