With 51,810 people, Quincy, Illinois is a small city. There are just 4 nursing homes there, which does not give you too many options to choose from. The nursing homes here received a world class city grade of A-. Even with only a few nursing homes, this is still quite an achievement. Quincy has the distinction of being the ninth best city in all of Illinois according to our ratings. Not surprisingly, Quincy has 2 facilities that received elite grades. Few cities have multiple nursing homes of this quality.
In addition to receiving a strong overall grade, the nursing homes in Quincy performed remarkably well in our inspection category. In fact, we awarded the city an A- for this category, which is one of our best scores. Perhaps the most significant factor we consider in computing our inspection scores is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a facility's inspection reports. Facilities with better grades in this area most likely dodged the more severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. We also wanted to point out that we awarded the city an A- in our short-term care rating. Rounding out its excellent profile, Quincy received grades of A- and B for our nursing and long-term care areas respectively.