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 Steubenville, which received a city grade of C. We found Weirton to be on a whole other level. Fortunately, this city's nursing homes didn't have any weak links in any of the four major categories. Additional information about its category grades can be found in the next paragraph.
In addition to performing well in its overall grade, many of the nursing homes in Weirton performed extremely well in terms of its short-term care grade. We awarded Weirton one of our best grades in that category with a grade of A. With a short-term care score this high we'd expect many of the nursing homes here to offer high levels of physical and occupational therapy staffing. In addition, Weirton also received strong nursing score where it earned a grade of B+ in this area. Wrapping up its report card, Weirton earned strong grades for our long-term care and inspections categories respectively.