Illinois Nursing Home Costs and Star Ratings Updated 13. December 2016 RenataLaszuk Caregiving Issues, Estate Planning, Family Caregiving, NursingHome, Planning for Retirement Care, Senior Caregiving (0) Illinois is known as the Prairie State, Land of Lincoln and home to Chicago, the Windy City (also home to Caregiverlist® headquarters.) If you are a senior, you can expect to pay an average of $5,050 per month for a share room in an Illinois nursing home, while the average monthly private room cost is $6,326. Illinois is the 15th least expensive state in Caregiverlist’s® national nursing home cost database, with a shared room rate of $166 per day and has an average star rating of 2.6 out of 5. Senior care planning includes understanding costs of nursing homes, along with their overall ratings. Caregiverlist® updates our nursing home cost database so seniors and their families can get an idea of long-term care costs in their area. Below is a snapshot of Illinois nursing home costs and ratings: December, 2016 Caregiverlist® Illinois Nursing Home Rating and Cost Index Total Number of Nursing Homes: 823 Average Cost of Private Room for Illinois: $208 Average Cost of Shared Room for Illinois: $166 Average Star-Rating: 2.6 Illinois Nursing Home Star-Rating Results 5-Star: 29 4-Star: 202 3-Star: 378 2-Star: 146 1-Star: 68 You can also see how Illinois rates compare to neighboring states in our Illinois Nursing Home Cost Infographic for December 2016. Which is the highest rated nursing home in Illinois? The Illinois nursing home with the highest Caregiverlist® Nursing Home Rating for which we have a daily cost is Tabor Hills Health Care in Naperville, Illinois. While its shared room daily price of $258 is higher than the average price of $166 for a semi-private nursing home room in Illinois, it’s 4.8 star rating is significantly higher than the state average of 2.6. Most people don’t know how much nursing home care costs and few people think of the cost of care until it’s too late to plan. Caregiverlist® can provide a care plan to find senior care options in Illinois and help you learn about the costs for senior care. Seniors and their family caregivers can research nursing home costs and ratings in any state nationwide through the Caregiverlist® Nursing Home Directory, the only resource with this trademarked information. I