There are just 2 nursing homes in Weirton, West Virginia, providing for a relatively small population of 21,801 people. Despite only having a couple of nursing homes, this city's nursing homes received an excellent city grade of B+. We also looked at the facilities in the nearby city of Canonsburg, which received a city grade of B-. While there's nothing wrong with the nursing homes in Canonsburg, we found Weirton to be on a whole other level. We were also pleased to find that this city didn't have any poor grades in any of the major categories. More information about these categories is available in the next paragraph.
In addition to receiving a strong overall grade, most of the facilities in Weirton performed spectacularly well in our nursing category. In fact, we awarded Weirton a grade of A for that category, which is one of our best scores. Cities with these types of nursing grades generally have plenty of nursing homes with first-rate nursing care. We also awarded this city an A- for our long-term care rating. Wrapping up its report card, Weirton earned a B+ for its short-term care grade and a B+ in the area of inspections. We found this city to be competent in every category.