There are just 2 nursing homes located in Skokie, Illinois, servicing a relatively small population of 60,240 people. We awarded the nursing homes here a top-notch city grade of A. Even with only a couple of nursing homes, this is still a great achievement. By way of comparison, we gave the nursing homes in the local city of Park Ridge a city grade of B+, which is also an impressive grade. Nevertheless, we found the nursing homes in Skokie to be rated slightly higher than the ones in Park Ridge. On top of this, Skokie is also ranked as one of the top 250 cities in the country.
In addition to receiving a strong overall grade, most of the nursing homes in Skokie performed spectacularly well in our inspection category. In fact, we awarded its facilities an A+ for this category, which is one of our highest scores. Inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. The city also really excelled in the category of short-term care, where it received an A. Rounding out its report card, Skokie received a grade of B+ in our long-term care category and a B+ in nursing. This place did not have any weak links as far as we could tell.