With a population of 74,975 people, Huntington, West Virginia is a relatively small city. There are only 4 nursing homes there, which doesn't provide you with too many choices. This small group of nursing homes here received a decent city grade of B-. This city turned out to be one of the top ten cities in West Virginia according to our rankings. This city's report card is also consistent as it did not receive a single poor category grade either. You can find more information about these in the next section.
The nursing homes in Huntington received an inspection score which is superior to its overall grade. We gave them grade of B+ in this area. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating our inspection grades. One of those factors is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some of these are quite minor. In addition, Huntington also received one of our higher grades in the area of nursing, with a B. In the last two categories, we gave the city middle of the road grades in our long-term care and short-term care categories.