Dekalb County Rehab & Nursing is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1986-01-01. 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) 758-2477 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Dekalb County Rehab & Nursing 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 (3★), Staffing (4★), and Quality of Resident Care (3★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 69.6/100, placing it #8477 of 14703 facilities nationally and #190 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 Dekalb County Rehab & Nursing receives a reported average of 4 hours 25 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 16 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 25 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 43 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 48 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 4 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 48.7%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 3 fine(s) totaling $187,304. 36 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 3 fine(s) totaling $187,304, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 3. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 99.75 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Dekalb County Rehab & Nursing ranks 8477th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 69.6/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within IL, it ranks 190th out of 668 nursing homes. In Dekalb, it ranks 2nd out of 4 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 4. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #2,715 nationally and RN hours rank #936 nationally (#62 in IL). Our composite quality score of 69.6/100 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 Dekalb, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/illinois/dekalb/