With just two nursing homes in the city, you only have a couple of options in Martinsburg, West Virginia. We gave this relatively small group of nursing homes a city grade of B, which is a very solid score. This city's city grade narrowly surpassed the city grade of facilities in the nearby city of Cumberland. While the nursing homes in Cumberland are not that bad, we found Martinsburg to be a better option. You can continue reading to learn more about how this city's nursing homes fared in our category grades.
In addition to receiving a strong overall grade, many of the nursing homes in Martinsburg performed remarkably well in the area of short-term care. In fact, we awarded Martinsburg a grade of A- for that category, which is one of our best scores. Cities with these kinds of short-term care grades usually have nursing homes with physical therapy, highly skilled nursing and other services related to rehabilitation. Martinsburg also received favorable inspections in recent years. As a result, we gave them one of our better scores in that category, with a grade of B+. In the last two categories, we awarded the city a B- for its long-term care score and a B- in nursing.