With two nursing homes in the city, there are only a few choices in Hillsboro, Illinois. This city received a city grade of C for an overall score. This is not a strong city score. For comparison's sake, we also looked at the nursing homes in the nearby city of Decatur, which received a city grade of F. While we gave both cites terrible grades, we found the facilities in Hillsboro to be a better bet. You can continue reading to learn more about how this city's nursing homes were rated in our category grades.
While this city's nursing homes received a decent overall grade, its inspection grade is higher than the city's overall score. Due to some of its facilities receiving favorable inspection reports this year, we gave Hillsboro one of our higher grades in this category with a grade of B. Our inspection grades are based on several items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that excel in this area have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This city received its second highest score in the category of short-term care, where we gave it a grade of B-, which also isn't too bad. In the other categories we looked at, we gave the city middle of the road grades in our nursing and long-term care categories.