Nursing Homes

All area nursing home facilities provide respite care if there are available beds, and guidance is available on choosing the right nursing home for your care recipient.

The Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) has published a booklet entitled "How to Choose a Nursing Home," which contains a fairly comprehensive list of ideas and suggestions for deciding when a nursing home is appropriate, payment options, how to search for an appropriate facility, and a checklist for assessing the quality of a particular nursing home. We have reprinted both the guide and the checklist in web page format so they may be viewed or printed by most web page browsers.

A list of local nursing homes can be downloaded or previewed at the Larimer County Area Agency on Aging site.

Medicare has recently developed a website that provides information on the past performance of all nursing homes in the country. You can compare nursing homes in any location.