Joint Statement: Stop Drugging Nursing Home Residents Without Their Written Consent
The federal government rates all licensed nursing homes on a scale of one to five, with one being the lowest possible rating and five being the highest. While studies have shown that having a high rating does not necessarily mean that a nursing home is safe, substandard care in lower rated facilities has become [...]
Speak Out Against Efforts to Weaken Oversight of Nursing Homes
Click on the links below to download easy-to-use files for each state. Each file includes information on: Each facility’s direct care RN, LPN, and CNA staffing levels; Staffing levels for important non-nursing staff, including administrators and activities staff; and The extent to which the facility relies on contract workers to provide resident care. To [...]
Staffing is widely considered to be the most important indicator of a nursing home’s safety and quality. This page provides the names of the top ten and bottom ten nursing homes in each state, based upon each facility’s average care staffing for 2019 Q1. Please visit our Nursing Home Data & Information page for [...]