West Frankfort, Illinois is a medium size city with 12,626 people. The city features just 2 nursing homes, which doesn't give you too many options to choose from. We gave the nursing homes in this city city grade of C, which isn't quite as high of a score as we like. It looks like most cities received a B or higher, leaving this city on the wrong side of average. Please continue reading to learn more about how this city's nursing homes fared in our category grades.
While the nursing homes in West Frankfort received a middle of the road overall grade, its inspection grade is notably better than the city's overall score. Due to some of its facilities receiving strong inspection reports this year, West Frankfort received one of our better scores in that area with a grade of B+. Inspection grades are tied to pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that receive favorable grades in this category tend to have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This city's second best category was long-term care, where it earned a B- in this category. Lastly, this place earned a C for its nursing rating and a grade of D for short-term care. In spite of otherwise respectable category grades, this city's poor short-term care score may be a problem for people looking for rehabilitation services..