The Ohio Long-Term
Care Consumer Guide provides information about nursing homes and
assisted living facilities to help consumers, family members and professionals
search for the appropriate facility to meet an individual’s needs.
If you have determined that you need to move to a nursing or
assisted living facility, you can start to compare facilities by
using the Ohio Long-Term
Care Consumer Guide. Please click below to
begin.
We want
residents' opinions about Ohio's long-term care facilities.
Nursing Home and Assisted Living Resident Satisfaction Surveys
are coming soon, see the project website for more details about
the
survey.
For personalized assistance with long-term
care options, please contact the long-term care ombudsman program at
1-800-282-1206.
Advancing
Excellence in Ohio's Nursing
Homes
Be a part of Advancing Excellence in
America's Nursing Home, a two-year campaign to improve nursing home
care. Consumers, providers, concerned citizens and advocates are
encouraged to sign on to show their support for excellence in
nursing homes. Visit http://www.nhqualitycampaign.org/ to sign
on to the campaign and learn more about how we all contribute
to excellence in nursing care.
Residents and Families: EXPECT
EXCELLENCE!
Everyone living in long-term care should
receive quality care and respect. If you have questions or
concerns about the care you or a loved one is receiving, please click here
to get help from the Long-Term Care Ombudsman or call
1-800-282-1206. To find nursing homes that have signed up for
the campaign, enter Advancing
Excellence in the keyword search when you search for
a nursing home.
Providers: BE
EXCELLENT!
Ohio's goals
for the Advancing Excellence campaign are to (1) Increase Staff
Retention and (2) Improve Consistent Assignment for Staff.
Both help residents receive continuity of care from staff
familiar with their needs. Click here to learn how
you can help achieve those goals.
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We are pleased to offer a free copy
of Nursing Homes: Getting Good Care
There, a publication by the National Citizens’
Coalition for Nursing Home Reform. This
informative book contains valuable information about your
legal rights as a nursing home resident, how to communicate
with staff and what to do when you need to advocate for your
loved one’s rights. Please contact us for a copy of this
highly acclaimed consumer manual at consumerguide@age.state.oh.us
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The Ohio Long-Term Care Consumer
Guide, supported by the State of Ohio and fees paid by
nursing home and assisted living facilities, contains several
resources for your comparison:
Inspection Reports,
from the Ohio Department of Health, provide information on
nursing home compliance with state and federal law.
After searching for a facility, click on the date of the last
inspection to view these reports. Updated
weekly.
Facility Details,
such as the special services provided, the religious or
fraternal affiliations, accreditation, costs, and staffing ratios,
are provided by the facilities. After searching
for a nursing home, use
the tabs along the top of the table to compare different facilities
or click on an individual facility’s name for more information about
it.
NEW!! Family Satisfaction
Scores, updated December 2006, reflect the opinions of
family members of nursing home residents at a point in time and
provide clues for you when evaluating a home for yourself or your
family or friend. After searching for a
nursing home, click on the link for More Survey Question Comparisons to view
question by question scores and to view complete facility reports in
an easy-print format.
Resident Satisfaction
Survey Scores The
Department of Aging will survey nursing home and assisted living
facility residents during the summer of 2007.
Are you a
Provider? Please contact our office for
instructions on how to register and update information about your
facility on the Ohio Long-Term Care
Consumer Guide. We will send the
requested information within one business day. consumerguide@age.state.oh.us
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