There are four nursing homes in Palos Heights, Illinois, so at least you have a few options to choose from. We awarded the nursing homes in this city city grade of C, which is not as strong of a grade as we like. This grade is below average by national standards. The best part of this place's report card was is its short-term care score. Short-term care grades are discussed in the following section.
While the nursing homes in Palos Heights received a middle of the road overall grade, its short-term care score is better than the city's overall grade. We gave Palos Heights one of our better grades in this category with a grade of B+. With a short-term care score in this range we'd expect many of the facilities in Palos Heights to a high functioning physical therapy and rehabilitation program. The next best grade we gave Palos Heights in any area was its nursing grade, where we gave it a B-. In our final two categories, Palos Heights received grades of B- and D for our inspections and long-term care categories respectively. Clearly, this city's long-term care score really pulled down its overall grade.