Illinois

  • Illinois lost more footing in the national nursing home rankings since the last reporting period, dropping to No. 49 from No. 44.
  • Illinois was the only state, besides Texas, that scored below average grades in every staffing and enforcement measure.
  • Illinois ranks as the third worst nursing home state for the third consecutive reporting period.
  • Sufficient nursing personnel remained a problem for the Land of Lincoln, more than 70 percent of nursing homes had middling to below average professional nursing levels.
  • Ninety-seven percent of Illinois nursing homes were cited one or more deficiencies, worsening statistically in consecutive report cards.
  • Illinois’s percentage of nursing homes with severe deficiencies climbed to its highest rate in any report, nearly 30 percent were cited for actual harm or immediate jeopardy to residents.
  • Illinois nursing home care scrapes the bottom of the Central Plains Region.

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Criteria DATA GRADE RANK   PREVIOUS DATA PREVIOUS GRADE PREVIOUS RANK
Direct Care Staffing Above Average
Direct Care Staffing Hours per Resident
Facilities With Deficiencies
Facilities With Severe Deficiencies
Health Inspections Above Average
Professional Nurse Staffing Above Average
Professional Nursing Hours per Resident
Verified Ombudsman Complaints
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