Skilled Nursing Facility Checklist
Selecting a skilled facility for yourself or a loved one is a stressful process. If time allows, we encourage you and/or your family to take a tour of the facility of choice before admission. There are lots of questions you might have so we have created a list that you may use as a guide to make this process a little easier.
The Checklist
- Is the facility accepting new residents?
- Is the facility easy to visit for family and friends?
- Does the facility have physicians that come to the facility?
- Does the facility have the services I need?
- Does the facility have a variety of activities I might enjoy?
- Do residents appear clean and well groomed?
- Do the residents have the same staff on a daily basis?
- Does the staff respond quickly to residents' calls for help?
- Does the facility have an active resident and/or family council?
- Is the facility clean and pleasant?
- Is the facility certified by Medicare and Medicaid?
- Are both the facility and current administrator licensed?
- How much is the cost of care in this facility?
- What services are included in this price?
- What additional costs will I have to pay?
- Ask to see the facility's last annual state inspection report.
- Did the report find any problems? Ask how the problems were fixed.