Checking a Facility

Inspection reports, cited deficiencies, staffing data, and star ratings: the public record on a nursing home or agency, read before the tour.

Checking a Facility August 22, 2026 What a Nursing Home's Five-Star Rating Is Made Of Two Texas homes, both rated three stars: one had zero deficiencies and 95% nurse turnover. How CMS builds that number, and what it leaves out. 12 min read
Checking a Facility August 21, 2026 Reading a CMS Form 2567: F-Tags and Scope-Severity Letters A D and a G look alike on an inspection report and mean entirely different things. What the F-number, the SS= letter, and the right column tell you. 16 min read

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Admission packet, care-level reassessment letter, a survey report full of F-tags, a Medicare notice with a 48-hour deadline printed halfway down the second page — Yasmin Delacroix put all of it in one binder over the three years her father moved from his own house to assisted living and then to a nursing home. She is not a lawyer, a nurse, or a financial planner, and no page here says where anyone should live. What each guide does is quote the document itself, name the regulation or contract clause it comes from, and mark the date a deadline starts running.

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Every guide cites the agency, statute, or document it was checked against, and carries the date it was checked. Rules change — if something here is out of date, tell us and it gets corrected.