Nursing Home Abuse Resources & Information

Federal Resources

The federal government maintains a website called Medicare.gov which gathers important information about many key aspects of nursing home life for every nursing home in this country. It also compares facilities that you are considering with all other facilities in the state, region, and nation. It does so in many categories, including amount of staff in terms of hours of care per residents per day broken down by RN, LPN and CNA care, and perhaps most importantly, the care deficiency citation history of the facility. Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services also has a Guide to Choosing a Nursing home.

Medicare has also developed a star rating system for all nursing homes that gives them a rating of one to five stars, five stars being the best. Pay especial attention to whether the home you are considering is a special focus facility. These involve over a hundred facilities that the federal government has identified as chronically deficient in important quality of care and quality of life areas.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid This is a similar national data base for all nursing homes in the country with analytic and comparative data bases on things like staffing and resident acuity levels.

Federal Medicaid Regulations for Nursing Homes

State of Colorado Resources

Every informed consumer should carefully review available government information about the facility they are considering. The CDPHE also has an important website. You can search by city or county to see three years worth of survey findings, complaint investigations, and occurrence reports.

The Colorado nursing home Ombudsman Program also has information on nursing homes and assisted living.

The Regulations for Hospitals and Health Facilities are listed on CDPHE's website. Specific regulations for Long Term Care Facilities and for Assisted Living Facilities are also listed by the Colorado Department of Health and Environment.

Colorado Law Resources

Colorado Supreme Court

Colorado Bar Association

Colorado State Judicial Branch

United State District Court for the District of Colorado

Civil Law Resources

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

Denver EEOC

Colorado Civil Rights Division

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