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How
to Choose a Nursing Home
For
additional Information:
Thinking About A Nursing Home?
American Health Care Association
1200 Fifteenth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 833 - 2050
Nursing
Home Compare
The Health
Care Finance Administration, whose responsibility it is to
oversee Medicare and Medicaid, compiles data on nursing
homes in the United States. The primary purpose of this data
is to provide detailed information about the performance of every Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing home in the country. Information on
Nursing Home Compare and other resources, including the Guide to Choosing a Nursing Home
(PDF), and Nursing Home Checklist are also available to help you with your nursing home choice.
Click here
for
Nursing
Home Compare
CCEC is in the
"Ohio - Southern and Western" state and
territory of the tool under the name "Columbus
Colony." Nursing Home Compare contains the following sections of detailed information:
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About the Nursing Home: including the number of beds and type of ownership.
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About the Residents of the Nursing Home: including the percent of residents with pressure sores, percent of residents with urinary incontinence and more.
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About the Nursing Home Inspection Results: including summary results from the last state nursing home inspection.
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About Nursing Home Staff: including the number of registered nurses, licensed practical or vocational nurses, and nursing assistants in each nursing home.
Consumer
Reports To compile the
Watch List, the deficiencies shown in the surveys between July 1995 and October 1998 were evaluated on five criteria:
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citations for failing to provide adequate access to the survey report,
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high numbers of repeat deficiencies,
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high severity deficiencies,
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substandard quality of care deficiencies,
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high numbers of total deficiencies. This list includes the facilities with the most questionable patterns (approximately 10% in each state).
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