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A nursing home tour checklist for families

Bring practical questions about daily care, staffing, costs and communication. Check them off during a tour, then print your copy.

6 minute read

Printable checklist

Understand the overall, inspection, staffing and quality-measure ratings, and keep them separate from family reviews.

4 minute read

A practical readiness checklist for families: confirm requirements, assign follow-ups and understand a facility’s waitlist process.

5 minute read

Printable checklist

Before you give a placement agency your phone number, ask who pays them, who gets your details and how they check care quality.

4 minute read

What public reporting says about how large referral services are paid, the 2024 Senate inquiry, and other ways to find senior care.

5 minute read

Usually not directly: communities pay the agency. Here is how that money works, what you give up instead, and free options with no referral fee.

4 minute read

Ready to make a shortlist? Explore nursing home records by state, city or name.