Medicare Nursing Homes Ratings

Medicare offers information on nursing homes in your area. This assessment helps you compare nursing homes based on quality of care, staffing levels and the health inspection results.

www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare RATES NURSING HOMES

Medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare can help you find a nursing home that fits your needs and preferences. Nursing homes are required to report information about themselves, including their staffing levels, quality of care and any deficiencies they have. This information will help you decide where to place your loved one if you need to move him or her out of his or her current home. Medicare provides this information on its Nursing Home Compare website so that families can make informed decisions about where their loved ones should live if they require long-term medical services in a residential setting

It’s important to find a home that rates high overall and in the categories that are most important to you.

It’s important to find a home that rates high overall and in the categories that are most important to you.

When trying to decide which nursing home is right for your loved one, look for homes with good reviews from residents, families and visitors. The most important things you can do are:

• Find out if it has received positive ratings from patients, their families and staff members.
• Make sure it was inspected by state regulators recently and passed those inspections with no major issues reported.
• Confirm whether the facility has been named one of the best of its kind in recent years by organizations like U.S News & World Report or Medicare Nursing Home Ratings

How are the nursing homes rated? Nursing home ratings are based on information about each home’s health inspections, staffing, and quality measures.

Nursing home ratings are based on information about each home’s health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. The ratings can be confusing because they’re based on a 5-point scale that includes both stars and numbers.

• A 5-star rating is the best possible rating.
• A 1-star rating is the lowest possible rating.
• 3 stars means satisfactory or average; 2 stars mean below average; 1 star means much below average.

Although it’s true that nursing homes with higher ratings tend to provide better care than those with lower ones, it also means that some nursing homes are very good while others are poor or average despite having similar overall star ratings

This can help you find a nursing home you feel good about.

The Medicare Nursing Home compare tool can help you find a nursing home that is right for you. Use the tool to compare nursing homes in your area, including what types of services they offer and how much they cost.

You can also use it to ask questions about specific facilities and compare them with other options on our site. *For example:* Find out if one facility has more nurses than another, or find out which one offers more physical therapy sessions per week.*If none of the facilities match what you’re looking for exactly, we have several other tips on how to choose a good nursing home below.*

We hope this information has helped you find a nursing home that provides the right level of care and support for your family member.