Frankfort Terrace is certified as a Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1975-04-14. Medicare covers short-term skilled nursing care (typically up to 100 days after a qualifying hospital stay). Medicaid covers long-term care for residents who meet financial eligibility requirements. Contact the facility at (815) 469-3156 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Frankfort Terrace holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 3 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (2★), Staffing (2★), and Quality of Resident Care (5★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 73.4/100, placing it #6693 of 14703 facilities nationally and #136 of 668 in Illinois. Star ratings are a useful starting point, but the composite score and individual sub-ratings give a more complete picture for families comparing facilities.

Each resident at Frankfort Terrace receives a reported average of 1 hour 57 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 42 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 12 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 3 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 1 hour 36 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 2 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 33.3%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 4 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $3,250. 5 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 0 fine(s) totaling $0, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 0. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 128.75 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Frankfort Terrace ranks 6693rd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 73.4/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within IL, it ranks 136th out of 668 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #14,119 nationally and RN hours rank #5,085 nationally (#277 in IL). Our composite quality score of 73.4/100 weighs health inspections, quality of resident care, staffing hours, compliance record, and five-year performance trends — giving a more complete picture than CMS star ratings alone, which can place hundreds of facilities in the same 5-star bucket. To browse and compare all nursing homes in Frankfort, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/illinois/frankfort/