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Choosing A Nursing Home
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Medicare offers a Nursing Home Compare website that provides information relative to more than 17,000 Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes. Phone: N/A http://www.medicare.gov/nursing |
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Area Agency on Aging recommends long-term-care facilities in your community and where you can get more information on Medicaid. Phone: (800) 677-1116 |
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Senior Care Ratings rates nursing homes, home health care, and assisted living facilities. Phone: (781) 431-7033 |
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Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) offers a free, 37-page booklet with information on how to choose a nursing home. Phone: (800) 633-4227 http://www.cms.gov |
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The National Citizen's Coalition for Nursing Home Reform can tell you how to contact the long-term-care ombudsman, any citizen advocacy groups and the nursing home survey and certification agency for your state. Phone: (202) 332-2275 http://www.nccnhr.org |
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American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging provide information and a publication "Guide to Finding the Right Nursing Home". Phone: (202) 783-2242 http://www.aahsastore.org/main_menu/bookstore |
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American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living provides consumer information to assist individuals in making decisions regarding homes and assisted living. Phone: N/A http://www.longtermcareliving.com/planning_ahead |