With 37,157 people, Kankakee, Illinois is a small city. There are only 3 nursing homes there, which doesn't offer you too many options. This city's nursing homes received an excellent city grade of B+, so what this city lacks in quantity, it makes up for in quality. We found this city grade was considerably better than the city grade of C received by the nearby city of Bolingbrook. Although that is not a terrible grade, Kankakee appears to be on a whole other level. This city's nursing homes are stronger in some categories than others, but it did not have any bad scores in any of our major categories discussed below. More information about these categories is available in the next paragraph.
This city's nursing homes received a great overall grade, but we also wanted to emphasize that some of its nursing homes received virtually perfect health inspections in recent years. We awarded Kankakee an elite grade of A- for this area. Inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. In addition, the city received a grade of B+ in the area of long-term care. Wrapping up its profile, Kankakee earned a B+ for its nursing score and a B in short-term care. Kankakee did not have any weak links based on our assessment.