Choosing a Nursing Home

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) provides online tools and publications to help consumers choose a nursing home at the Medicare.gov website:

The "Compare Nursing Homes in Your Area" tool provides detailed information about the performance of every Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing home in the country. (The link below opens a new window.)
- Compare Nursing Homes in Your Area on Medicare.gov

The "Guide to Choosing a Nursing Home" is an official government booklet in Adobe Acrobat PDF format that explains how to find and compare nursing homes in your area, nursing home resident rights, and where to call for help. (The links below open new windows.)
- Guide to Choosing a Nursing Home on Medicare.gov
- Get Acrobat Reader free of charge at Adobe.com

Colorado Foundation for Medical Care (CFMC), the Medicare quality improvement organization for Colorado, prepared this material under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The contents do not necessarily reflect CMS Policy.