 Nursing
Home Information & Resources
Here are some Nursing Home information and Nursing
Home resource to private and public organizations, reports and groups
concerned
with the care
of elderly people:
ORGANIZATIONS:
Friends and Relatives of Institutionalized Aged
This nonprofit advocacy group provides consumers with accurate, up-to-date
information about selecting, evaluating and financing for nursing
homes and eldercare.
American Health
Care Association-Advocating Quality in Long Term Care
This organization represents nursing homes and contains consumer
information about nursing homes and long term care information.
National Citizens' Coalition for Nursing Home Reform
A consumer advocacy group, offers fact sheets on federal
regulations of nursing homes, publications and nursing home tips
for residents and their families, as well as links local advocacy
groups nationwide.
A Perfect Cause
A nursing home reform organization and elder rights advocate. Provide
consumer tips and nursing home news.
NURSING HOME WEB SITES:
HCFA
Medicare Nursing Home Compare
A database search engine allows users to compare nursing homes in
any of the 50 states.
www.medicare.gov/NHCompare/home.asp
Nursing Home Ratings
This private company rates nursing homes, physicians, and hospitals.
Administration
on Aging - Nursing Home Information
http://www.aoa.gov/eldfam/Housing/Nursing_Facilities/Nursing_Facilities.asp
Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Information Center
Information on what defines abuse, federal and state Nursing
Home laws and recent news reports of abuse.
Michigan Consumer Guide to Nursing Homes
Checklist of things to look for, ask
and consider when visiting a potential long-term care facility.
NURSING HOME REPORTS:
" Safeguarding
Long Term Care Residents"
(This link takes you to the summary. Another inside link goes to
the PDF file of the entire document.) - Dept. of Health and Human
Services
" Nursing Facilities,
Staffing, Residents and Facilities Deficiencies, 1992-1998" -Health
Care Financing Administration
" Quality
of Care in Nursing Homes: An Overview"
This is the government agency's argument for continuing and improving
the current enforcement system. - Report from the DHHS, Office of
Inspector General
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