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Fayette County, Illinois

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County inventory for Fayette County, Illinois is drawn from U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Nursing Home Compare / Home Health Compare (14,710 Medicare-certified nursing homes nationwide) with cost context from the private CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey - see our methodology. CMS star-quality signature

Rated homes in Fayette County average 2.0 CMS stars (lower tercile, ≤2.5) across 3 nursing homes - 239 licensed beds, CareScout 2025 Illinois medians.

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Sheet IL-FAYETTE-ILLINOIS · Fayette, IL

NH-SMALL · BEDS-SMALL · STAR-LOW · HH-SMALL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-NONE · AL-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • NH-SMALL 3 homes
  • BEDS-SMALL 239 beds
  • STAR-LOW 2.0★ avg
  • HH-SMALL 1 HH
  • RANK-MID #1,105/2,851
  • PHOTO-NONE No peer
  • AL-MID $6,219/mo
  • BOOK-FULL 3/3 NH · 1/1 HH

Stamps lead with CMS star-quality tercile (low) plus nursing-home inventory, licensed beds, Home Health Compare agencies, corpus NH-count rank, photo-finish peer, and CareScout assisted-living medians.

What weaker CMS stars show for Fayette County

CMS star quality runs softer in Fayette County: rated homes average 2.0/5 (lower tercile, ≤2.5) across 3 nursing homes and 239 licensed beds, with 1 home-health agency mapped.

CareScout 2025 Illinois medians frame mid-pack counties like this: assisted living $6,219/mo, semi-private nursing $8,304/mo, private nursing $9,216/mo, home health aide $6,864/mo, adult day $1,977/mo. Local Fayette County providers may sit above or below those state medians.

Star counts run softer here (2 at 1★, 1 at 4★). Ownership leans Non profit - Corporation (33% of 3 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Fayette County Hospital. Pair the ladder with inspection notes, staffing, distance, and specialty units before treating any single home as a fit.

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Sources: CMS Nursing Home Compare + CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey. See methodology.

$6,219
Assisted Living / mo
$8,304
Nursing (Semi) / mo
$6,864
Home Care / mo
2.0
Avg CMS Rating

Top facilities in Fayette, IL

Ranked by CMS overall star rating, not an editorial "best of" pick. Visit in person and consult a care professional before choosing.

  1. 1
    Fayette County Hospital
    4★
  2. 2
    The Haven of St. Elmo
    1★
  3. 3
    Vandalia Healthcare & Senior Living
    1★

Nursing Homes in Fayette County

3 CMS-certified homes in this county book, ordered by overall star rating.

Facility City Rating Beds Ownership
Fayette County Hospital Vandalia 4/5 63 Non profit - Corporation
The Haven of St. Elmo St Elmo 1/5 60 For profit - Corporation
Vandalia Healthcare & Senior Living Vandalia 1/5 116 For profit - Limited Liability company

Home Health Agencies in Fayette County

Medicare-certified agencies from CMS Home Health Compare, zip-joined into this county inventory.

Agency City Quality Rating
Fayette County Health Dept Vandalia 4.0

Read next when stars run softer

Read CMS stars with Fayette County's 2.0 average
Mid-pack context for Fayette: How inspection, staffing, and quality measures combine when the county mean sits below 3★.
Choosing among 3 Fayette County homes
Softer-star neighbourhood: A visit checklist that starts from CMS stars, then adds staffing, ownership, and specialty units.
Paying for care when Fayette AL medians run high
Medicare vs Medicaid vs private pay when CareScout assisted-living medians sit in the upper band.
Cost calculator for Fayette County planning
State CareScout medians rolled into a monthly planning estimate.

Continue on the Illinois elder-care overview or the highest-rated states ranking. Costs shown are Illinois state-level medians from CareScout 2025 (county-level cost data is not available).

Read our methodology - how CMS Care Compare and CareScout 2025 are joined for Fayette County.