Smith Cross­ing Earns ​“Best” Care Awards

January 19, 2026 • Source: Source

Smith Cross­ing earned the 2026 ​“Best” award from U.S. News for Short-Term Reha­bil­i­ta­tion and Long-Term Care

Smith Cross­ing recent­ly earned a 2026 U.S. News ​“Best” Award because of our excel­lent stand­ing in health­care ser­vices which rein­forces Smith Cross­ing as one of the best senior liv­ing com­mu­ni­ties in Chicagoland. We were rec­og­nized for Short-Term Reha­bil­i­ta­tion and Long-Term Care because we meet and exceed the fol­low­ing criteria:

More Staffing

• U.S. News Best Nurs­ing Homes pro­vide on aver­age 20% more total staffing per res­i­dent per day com­pared to the nation­al average.
• Top-per­form­ing skilled nurs­ing providers offer on aver­age 80% more phys­i­cal ther­a­py per res­i­dent per day than the nation­al average. 

Bet­ter Outcomes

• Top-rat­ed com­mu­ni­ties have on aver­age a 15% low­er rate of hos­pi­tal­iza­tions for long-term res­i­dents com­pared to the nation­al average. 
• Rehab patients at the high­est-per­form­ing skilled nurs­ing providers have on aver­age a 33% low­er rate of emer­gency room vis­its com­pared to the nation­al average. 

Note: Aver­ages are cal­cu­lat­ed by U.S. News from data from the Cen­ters for Medicare and Med­ic­aid Services.

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