There are just 2 nursing homes located in Elkhorn, Wisconsin, servicing a relatively small population of 19,045 people. Despite only having a couple of nursing homes, this city received an excellent city grade of A. Elkhorn is ranked number 126 on our list of the best cities for nursing homes in the United States. This is impressive considering we ranked thousands of cities around the nation. One of the best aspects of this city's exemplary profile is its nursing homes' inspection grades. Inspection reports are discussed in the next paragraph.
In addition to receiving a strong overall grade, many of the facilities in Elkhorn performed extremely well in our inspection category. In fact, we awarded it an A+ for this category, which is one of our best scores. Arguably the most critical factor we look at in calculating our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Places with higher scores in this category typically dodged the more severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. In addition, the city also really excelled in the area of short-term care, where it received a grade of A. Wrapping up its straight A report card, Elkhorn received an A- for long-term care and an A- in nursing.