Our data for Dekalb, Illinois is based on a single nursing home we found in the city. We were relieved to discover that, this city's sole nursing home received an excellent grade of A-, so at least you have one good option. For comparison's sake, we also assessed the facilities in the nearby city of Elgin, which received an impressive city grade in its own right. Nevertheless, we found that this nursing home in Dekalb is rated much higher than most of the nursing homes in Elgin. On top of this, Dekalb is also one of the top 500 cities in the entire country.
In addition to being a quality nursing home overall, this city's only nursing home really excelled in the area of short-term care, where we gave it a grade of A+. Not many nursing homes performed better in this category. With our short-term care category, we try to create a sound barometer for rehabilitation. In doing so, we analyze a facility's levels of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. This facility also performed extremely well in our nursing category, where it received a grade of A. Rounding out its impressive profile, we gave the city a B+ for inspections and a B for long-term care. We found Dekalb to be very strong in each category we assessed.