With 189,162 people, Rockford, Illinois is relatively large metropolitan area. There are 13 nursing homes in the city, which gives you plenty of choices. This place's nursing homes received a solid city grade of B-. This city's city grade was a bit better than the city grade of nursing homes in the nearby city of Freeport. While the nursing homes in Freeport are not terrible, we found Rockford to be a better bet. One of the highlights of this place's report card is its nursing homes' strong inspection reports, which you can find in the following paragraph.
We wanted to note that this city's inspection score outpaced its overall grade. In fact, we gave Rockford a B+ for its inspection grade, which is one of our higher scores. Arguably the most significant factor we consider in computing our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a facility's inspection reports. Nursing homes with better scores in this area most likely avoided the most severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. Rockford also excelled in the category of health short-term care with a B. Finally, the city received a B for its nursing score and a C in the area of long-term care.