What Should I Look For When Selecting A Nursing Home?

• Prepare a list of facilities and investigate.
• The resources available on the internet have made this processes a lot easier than in the past.

Medicare provides many resources

• a nursing home comparison tool, http://www.medicare.gov/NHCompare/
• a guide to choosing a nursing home, http://www.medicare.gov/NHCompare/Include/DataSection/Questions/SearchCriteriaNEW.asp
• A nursing home checklist, http://www.medicare.gov/files/nursing-home-checklist.pdf