Consumer Guide to Health Care
Finding and Choosing a Nursing Home
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Looking for a nursing home?
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a database: This nursing home database, from the federal Centers
for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), provides information about
nursing homes and their compliance with Medicare and Medicaid
regulations.
More help
The Department of Health Services (DHS)
Consumer Information Reports provide information on inspection
results, nursing staff turnover and nurse staffing for individual
nursing homes.
Wisconsin
Nursing Homes, from DHS, provides more information on
alternatives to nursing home care, how to choose a nursing home, and
information on Wisconsin nursing homes.
The American Association of
Homes and Services for the Aging has consumer
information about nursing homes and other services for older adults, including planning
ahead, how to choose, and paying for care.
Planning Ahead: A Consumer's Guide to Nursing Facilities: This guide from the
American Health Care Association (the national
association of for-profit nursing facilities) will help you with your choice of a
facility.
Choosing a Nursing Home from Health Pages, a company that provides
commercial-free health care information for consumers.
Wisconsin nursing home lists and links
Members of the Wisconsin Association
of Homes and Services for the Aging: a list of non-profit
facilities in Wisconsin.
Information on nursing homes that are members of the
Wisconsin Health Care Association.
Last Revised: November 19, 2008
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