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Senior-Living Visit Questions: Printable Guide
A visit handout for observing daily life, collecting comparable facts, and verifying important answers in writing.
Open printable PDFWhy this matters
A tour shows a place at its best. Taking the same questions to every visit, and checking the important answers in writing, makes it far easier to compare settings fairly.
Every state has a long-term care ombudsman program that advocates for residents, and nursing home inspection results are public on Medicare Care Compare.
Inside the printable
What this guide helps you do
- Listing the needs that matter most before the first tour
- Looking up nursing home inspection results
- Watching how staff and residents interact
- Asking about staffing, medicines, emergencies, and changing care needs
- Asking what the monthly fee includes and how fees have changed
- Comparing places side by side in one table
- Knowing when to visit again or call the ombudsman
Official contacts in this guide
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- Medicare Care Compare Inspection results for Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes
- Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program Advocates for residents of nursing homes and assisted living in every state
- Eldercare Locator Connects you to your local Area Agency on Aging. 1-800-677-1116 (call or text)