Primary Listings
CMS Public List of Nursing Homes with Serious Quality Problems (9-22-2009)
CMS lists nursing homes in any state and District of Columbia that have a history of serious quality problems. These Special Focus Facilities (SFF) have been officially entered into the federal government's SFF program to monitor care. Homes on the list may have a history of "yo-yo" compliance, with a good survey followed by substandard quality on the next, thus unable to sustain good care. Some nursing homes are listed as Showing Improvement. Updated September 2009
ConsumerReports - Deficient Dozen Nursing Homes (Aug. 2006)
Twelve nursing homes in 8 states (CA, CO, GA, IN, MN, MO, NJ, OH) are listed as having poor care by Consumer Reports. Fines are also noted. This shortened list may be more scary than Consumer Reports' past Watch List, however the list does not appear to have been updated beyond 2004 data
Nursing Home Watch List from MemberoftheFamily.net
MemberoftheFamily.net provides information about 16,000 Medicare and Medicaid-certified nursing homes in the United States, including reports based on recent government surveys. This watch list tends to identify a lot of nursing homes