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Finding and Choosing a Nursing Home

All external hyperlinks are provided for your information and for the benefit of the general public. The Department of Health Services does not testify to, sponsor, or endorse the accuracy of the information provided on externally linked pages.


Looking for a nursing home?

Search 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.

Profiles of Wisconsin Nursing Homes and Facilities for the Developmentally Disabled, also from DHS, provide more information on nursing homes including resident characteristics and services provided.

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 aging services 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.

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: July 01, 2008