There is one Overall 5-star rating for each nursing home, and a separate rating for each of the following three sources of information: Nursing homes with 5 stars are considered to have much above average quality and nursing homes with 1 star are considered to have quality much below average. Health Inspections – The health inspection rating contains the 3 most recent health inspections and investigations due to complaints.This information is gathered by trained, objective inspectors who go onsite to the nursing home and follow a specific process to determine the extent to which a nursing home has met Medicaid and Medicare’s minimum quality requirements. The most recent survey findings are weighted more than the prior year. Staffing – The staffing rating has information about the number of hours of care provided on average to each resident each day by nursing staff.This rating considers differences in the levels of residents' care need in each nursing home. Quality Measures (QMs) – The quality measure rating has information on 15 different physical and clinical measures for nursing home residents.įor example, a nursing home with residents who had more severe needs would be expected to have more nursing staff than a nursing home where the resident needs were not as high.The QMs offer information about how well nursing homes are caring for their residents’ physical and clinical needs.Ĭaution: No rating system can address all of the important considerations that go into a decision about which nursing home may be best for a particular person. Examples include the extent to which specialty care is provided (such as specialized rehabilitation or dementia care) or how easy it will be for family members to visit the nursing home resident. As such visits can improve both the residents' quality of life and quality of care, it may often be better to select a nursing home that is very close over one that may be, compared to a higher rated nursing home that would be far away.
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