Step 1: Location
Search for Nursing Homes by entering either a ZIP code or a city and state in the "Location" field. This is a required step.
Step 2: Nursing Home Name
Once you have entered the location, you can refine the search for Nursing Homes by entering a full or partial Nursing Home name. This is an optional step.
Step 3: Search and Results
Click on the green “Show Nursing Homes” button to continue with your search.
Figure 1 - Start your search
After you click the green "Show Nursing Homes" button, a "Nursing Home Results" page should be displayed. This page contains a list of nursing homes, their overall rating, health inspections rating, staffing rating and quality rating. You can also find information about whether the nursing home participates in Medicare, Medicaid or both.
Search results are limited to 20 nursing homes on each page.
Clicking on the "View Map" or "View Table" links toggles between the map and table views.
Figure 3 - Results page - Map view
The "Nursing Home Results" page also has an "Add to My Favorites" hyperlink which allows you to add selected Nursing Homes to your favorites table. Clicking on this link will take you to the MyMedicare.gov login page and allow a registered user to login. Unregistered users will first have to register themselves to be able to add Nursing Homes to the favorites list.
Clicking on the checkbox on the table view or the marker on the map view let’s you select the nursing home(s) to compare. You can compare up to 3 nursing homes at a time.
Click on the question mark ([?]) image to get contextual help.
Figure 3 - Results page - Table view
Step 4: Compare Page
After selecting up to three nursing homes to compare, select “Compare Now” to view nursing homes side by side. You can compare information on the Compare Page using the following tabs:
- General Information
- Inspections & Complaints
- Staffing
- Quality Measures
- Clicking on the orange “View Graph” or “View Table” button toggles between the graph and table views.
- Clicking on the Show Graphs or Hide Graphs link on the graph view will show or hide all the graphs.
- Penalties
Figure 5 - Compare page - General Information
Step 5: Profile Page
Click on the nursing home name to view all information about a particular nursing home. You will be taken to a "Nursing Home Profile" page with the following tabs:
- General Information
- Inspections & Complaints
- Staffing
- Quality Measures
- Clicking on the orange “View Graph” or “View Table” button toggles between the graph and table views.
- Clicking on the Show Graphs or Hide Graphs link on the graph view will show or hide all the graphs.
- Penalties
Figure 4 - Nursing Home Profile Page
Step 6: Modify Your Results
Modify your search results if you are not satisfied with your original search results. With the “Modify Your Results” section you can update your results set using the following options:
- Location: Keep or change your ZIP code or city, state. You can also change the radius that you are searching in (the range is between 1 and 100 miles).
- Find Nursing Homes: Filter nursing homes based on whether the nursing home is Within a Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC), Within a Hospital, and Participates in Medicare or Medicaid.
- Overall Star Rating: Filter nursing homes based on their overall star rating.
Once you have modified your search, click the orange "Update Results” button see results based on the modified search criteria.
Figure 11 - Update Results