Ford County, Illinois
County inventory for Ford 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. Home-health agency signature
CMS Home Health Compare maps no Medicare-certified home-health agencies into Ford County (lower tercile) beside 4 nursing homes - CareScout 2025 Illinois medians + CMS Five-Star.
County care plate
Sheet IL-FORD-ILLINOIS · Ford, IL
NH-SMALL · BEDS-SMALL · STAR-MID · HH-NONE · RANK-MID · PHOTO-NONE · AL-MID · BOOK-FULL
- NH-SMALL 4 homes
- BEDS-SMALL 257 beds
- STAR-MID 3.0★ avg
- HH-NONE 0 agencies
- RANK-MID #842/2,851
- PHOTO-NONE No peer
- AL-MID $6,219/mo
- BOOK-FULL 4/4 NH · 0 HH
Stamps lead with home-health agency tercile (low) plus nursing-home inventory, licensed beds, Five-Star county average, corpus NH-count rank, photo-finish peer, and CareScout assisted-living medians.
What a thin home-health map shows for Ford County
Home-health coverage is thin in Ford County: no Medicare-certified agencies map in on the current CMS join beside 4 nursing homes and 257 licensed beds. CMS nursing-home stars average 3.0/5 on rated homes.
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 Ford County providers may sit above or below those state medians.
Star counts across Ford County break as 2 at 1★, 2 at 5★. Ownership leans For profit - Limited Liability company (50% of 4 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Accolade Paxton Senior Living, Gibson Community Hsp Annex. Families typically weigh the ladder alongside bed size, ownership, distance, and specialty units before visiting.
Sources: CMS Nursing Home Compare + CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey. See methodology.
Top facilities in Ford, IL
Ranked by CMS overall star rating, not an editorial "best of" pick. Visit in person and consult a care professional before choosing.
- 1 5★
- 2 5★
- 3 1★
- 4 1★
Nursing Homes in Ford County
4 CMS-certified homes in this county book, ordered by overall star rating.
| Facility | City | Rating | Beds | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accolade Paxton Senior Living | Paxton | 5/5 | 75 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Gibson Community Hsp Annex | Gibson City | 5/5 | 16 | Non profit - Corporation |
| Accolade Hc of Paxton on Pells | Paxton | 1/5 | 106 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Goldwater Care Gibson City | Gibson City | 1/5 | 60 | For profit - Corporation |
Read next when home-health coverage is thin
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 Ford County.