Consumer Guide to Health Care
Finding and Choosing a Nursing Home
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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
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