Chesterton, Indiana is an average size city with 24,207 people. The city features only 3 nursing homes, which doesn't offer you too many choices. This city's nursing homes were given a solid city grade of B-. This city's city grade was a bit better than the city grade of facilities in the nearby city of Merrillville, which received an awful city grade. If choosing between these cities, Chesterton looks like a better bet. This city was better in some categories than others, but it didn't have terrible scores in any of the major categories. More information about its category grades can be found in the next paragraph.
Despite receiving a fairly ordinary overall grade, this city's nursing homes performed extremely well in our inspections category. In fact, some of its facilities received nearly flawless inspection reports this year. As a result, we awarded Chesterton one of our highest scores in that category with an A-. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing these inspection scores. One key factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is usually more important than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies end up being relatively minor. Chesterton earned a B for our short-term care category. In our final two categories, we awarded the city a B- for its nursing rating and a grade of C for long-term care.