Chicago Ridge, Illinois is an average size city with 14,139 people. The city has only 2 nursing homes, which does not give you too many options. Sadly, the nursing homes here received a city grade of D, which is an abysmal grade at the city level. For comparison's sake, we also looked at the nursing homes in the nearby city of Cicero, which received a terrible city grade of F. While neither city comes highly recommended, Chicago Ridge actually appears to be a better choice. If you aren't deterred by this city's profile, feel free to continue reading to learn more about its category grades. This city's nursing homes actually fared decently in the category of short-term care for example.
While its overall grade was awful, the nursing homes in Chicago Ridge performed respectably in our short-term care category. We gave Chicago Ridge a B- for this category. In calculating our short-term care ratings, we look at a facility's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other types of therapists. This score is generally a reliable assessment of a facility's rehabilitation services. The next area we looked at is inspections, where Chicago Ridge received a D. In the last two categories, the city earned terrible grades in our nursing and long-term care categories respectively.