With a population of 13,819 , Glen Carbon, Illinois is a relatively small city. There are just 2 nursing homes in the city, which does not give you too many choices. We gave the nursing homes in this city a first-rate city grade of A. Even with only a couple of facilities, this is still a great achievement. We also assessed the facilities in the nearby city of Belleville, which received a city grade of D. We found Glen Carbon to be on a whole other level. Finally, Glen Carbon is also ranked as one of the 250 best cities in the nation.
In addition to receiving a strong overall grade, most of the nursing homes in Glen Carbon performed remarkably well in our inspection category. In fact, we awarded its facilities an A for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Inspection ratings are based on many pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that excel in this category tend to have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. We also awarded this city an A in our nursing category. Rounding out its straight A report card, we awarded the city a grade of A- for its short-term care score and an A- for long-term care.