Finding a Facility or Home

How to Find a Facility or Home

Making the decision to move into a nursing home or assisted living facility is a new experience for most people. Below are links to information that will help you know what questions to ask and how to evaluate the answers when talking to facilities about placement.

Long-Term Care Provider Search

Texas Health and Human Services provide a LTC provider Search. This website provides information on nursing homes, assisted livings and other providers in Long-term care. This search will display information regarding inspections, enforcement actions and quality measures. This site will also provide information on whether the facility takes Medicare, Medicaid and/or if they are Alzheimer certified. Use the Long-term Care Provider Search through Texas Health and Human Services.

Nursing Home Compare

Nursing Home Compare: Medicare provides information to help individuals decide what nursing home will meet their needs. This site allows searches by location or name of the facility and provides star ratings based off of their health inspections, staffing and quality measures. Visit Medicare.gov to find a provider.

Paying for Care

Visit the Paying for Care page through Texas Health and Human Services to learn more about different options to help pay for long-term care.

Resident Rights

Residents have rights when residing in long-term care. Federal and state laws protect rights specific to nursing home residents and state law protects rights specific to assisted living residents. Learn more about Residents’ Rights on the Texas Health and Human Services website.

Tips For Getting Good Care

Residents and families can:

• Get to know staff—their names and duties
• Educate staff about the residents likes and dislikes, daily routines and interests
• Attend care plan or service plan meetings
• Talk to staff about concerns
• Keep a log of concerns and actions taken
• Join or organize a resident or family council
• Seek help from the Texas Long-term Care Ombudsman Program