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Compare nursing homes side by side
Add up to three homes by name, town or ZIP code. Every row is a figure from the CMS Care Compare files, with the state average where CMS publishes one.
CMS data as of September 1, 2026
Pick at least two homes to see them side by side. You can also start from any home's page: its "Compare with other homes" link adds it here.
Lower is better for citations, fines and turnover; higher is better for star ratings and staffing hours. A table is not a recommendation: visit, ask the questions on each home's page, and call your state's long-term care ombudsman. Where the numbers come from.
What each row means
- Star ratings
- CMS's overall rating starts from the health inspection rating, then moves up or down a star for staffing and for quality measures. A Special Focus Facility is not given an overall rating. How the ratings are built.
- Health citations and harm-level citations
- Every deficiency inspectors cited in the inspections on file. Harm-level citations are those rated actual harm or immediate jeopardy, the two most serious levels on CMS's grid. How to read a citation.
- Fines and payment denials
- Civil money penalties CMS imposed in the last three years, and periods when Medicare and Medicaid stopped paying for new admissions.
- Staffing hours and turnover
- Hours worked by nurses and aides per resident per day, from the payroll records each home sends CMS, and the share of nursing staff who left within a year. Each home's page shows weekend hours and a quarter by quarter history.
- Owners and chain
- The group CMS links the home to through shared owners or operators. Each home's page lists every owner and manager in the CMS ownership file.