Choosing a nursing home? Read the government's own records first.

Every fact on this site comes from the CMS Provider Data Catalog — the same official records behind Medicare's Care Compare — refreshed monthly (current version: 2026-08-01). We add plain-language translations of the citation codes, but never our own scores.

CMS marks a facility with an abuse icon when inspectors cited it for abuse that caused harm to a resident within the past year, or cited potential for harm in each of the last two years. Ask the facility directly what happened and what changed.

CMS grades on a curve within each state: a fixed share of facilities in every state gets each star level. So stars show how a facility compares with its in-state peers, not an absolute grade — always read them together with the actual inspection findings.

Inspectors assign each citation a letter from A to L. G through I means residents were actually harmed; J through L ("immediate jeopardy") means a situation put residents in immediate danger of serious injury or death. D through F means potential for harm.

Staffing hours come from payroll records facilities must submit (not self-estimates), and we show them case-mix adjusted — CMS’s method for fair comparison when residents need different amounts of care — next to state and national averages.