Nursing Homes in Alton, Illinois

There are only 3 nursing homes located in Alton, Illinois, providing for a relatively small population of 32,704 people. We gave the nursing homes in this city city grade of C, which is not as strong of a grade as we had hoped for. We also looked at the nursing homes in the nearby city of Granite City, which received a city grade of F. While we not writing glowing reviews about either city, we found the facilities in Alton to be a better bet. The best part of this city's profile is its nursing homes' exemplary inspection scores. Inspection reports are discussed in the next paragraph.

Despite receiving a somewhat average overall grade, the nursing homes in Alton performed especially well in the area of inspections. In fact, some of the nursing homes in the city received almost flawless inspection reports this year. As a result, Alton received one of our best grades in that area with an A-. Arguably the most significant factor we look at in computing our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher scores in this area most likely avoided the most severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. Alton's next best category is short-term care, where it earned a B- in this category. Finally, Alton received grades of B- and F for our nursing and long-term care areas respectively. Even with otherwise respectable category grades, this place's poor long-term care rating could be a concern for many people.