With a population of 31,469 people, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin is a relatively small city. There are only 3 nursing homes in the city, which doesn't give you too many options. The nursing homes here received an excellent city grade of A-. Even with only a few facilities, this is still a great achievement. This city is one of the 500 best cities in the entire nation. This is impressive considering we assessed thousands of cities around the nation. Finally, this city's category grades were every bit as impressive as its overall city grade. You can read more about these in the next section.
On top of having quality nursing homes overall, this place really excelled in the area of inspections, where we gave it an A+. Not many cities fared this well in this category. Our inspection ratings are based on several pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that receive favorable grades in this area typically have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. In addition, the city also received one of our better grades in the area of short-term care, with a B+. Wrapping up its profile, we awarded the city a B+ for its nursing grade and a B+ in long-term care. We found this city to be competent in every category.