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Every Certified Nursing Home, Compared on Federal Data

Families often choose a nursing home within days, sometimes straight from a hospital stay. We built SeniorCare.help as an independent guide that puts CMS Care Compare data for all 14,690 Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes behind a ZIP code search, a side-by-side comparison, and state pages, alongside guides on types of care and how to pay for it. No facility pays to appear, and the site is not a care provider or referral service.

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14,690 certified nursing homes CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release

53 states and territories Each with its own state page

2,981 homes rated 5 stars by CMS 5,766 hold 4 or 5 stars overall

4 tools Finder, comparison, Medicaid checker, and care options guide

The Problem

Star Ratings Don't Tell a Family Enough

CMS publishes four star ratings for every certified home, plus staffing hours, staff turnover, inspection results, fines, and an abuse icon. The data is public but spread across Care Compare. The site reads two CMS files, Provider Information and MDS Quality Measures, and shows CMS's own figures on each home without adding scores, reviews, or claims CMS doesn't make.

Every finder filter reads one CMS field, and the methodology states each rule with its count: 7,915 homes with no fines or payment denials, 7,044 with antipsychotic use below the national median of 13%. It also explains a limit that trips readers up: CMS rates health inspections against other homes in the same state, so inspection stars compare homes within one state only.

The Research Tools

From a ZIP Code Search to the Dementia Question

Most families start with one of two questions: which homes are near us and how do they rate, or does Mom need memory care. The finder answers the first from CMS data, and the memory care guide answers the second from state rules.

Nursing Home Finder

The Nearest Certified Homes, Filtered on CMS's Own Measures

Readers enter a ZIP code or city, or use their location, and see the nearest of 14,690 Medicare- and Medicaid-certified homes with CMS's star ratings. Filters each read one CMS field: 5,766 homes hold 4 or 5 stars, 7,915 have no fines or payment denials in 3 years, and 7,044 give antipsychotics to fewer long-stay residents than the national median. The search runs on the reader's device and sends nothing.

Find nursing homes near you

Find and Compare Nursing Homes Near You page with the eyebrow Nursing Home Finder, 14,690 Homes, CMS Data August 2026, an answer box citing 5,766, 7,915 and 7,044 homes, and a ZIP code search with a Use My Location button — The finder states its filter counts before the search box.

Memory Care Guide

What Memory Care Is, State by State, and Who Pays

There is no national memory care license, so the guide explains the state rules instead: 23 states require a separate license, certificate or endorsement, and 32 states plus DC require a written disclosure of staffing, training and fees. A table compares rules in six states, a payer table shows what Medicare, Medicaid waivers, insurance and the VA do and don't cover, and a checklist gives the questions to ask on a visit.

Read the memory care guide

Memory Care: What It Is, Who Pays and How to Find It guide with an answer box noting that 23 states require a separate memory care license, certificate or endorsement and that Medicare doesn't pay for it — The guide opens with the state licensing picture and who pays.

Who Uses the Research

Sources, Resources, and Their Readers

Link earning starts with the person who would need the resource. The architecture makes that path explicit instead of publishing content first and hunting for a reason to promote it later.

Primary Evidence	Published Resource	Who Uses It
CMS Provider Data Catalog: Provider Information and MDS Quality Measures, August 2026	Star ratings, staffing, turnover, inspections, fines, and dementia-care measures for every nursing home	Families comparing homes
CMS bulletin of April 27, 2026, on SSI and spousal impoverishment standards, plus state Medicaid agency pages	The Medicaid long-term care checker and state pages	Families planning how to pay
Medicare.gov, Medicaid.gov, the Administration for Community Living, the National Institute on Aging, and the VA	Guides on types of care, coverage, and caregiver support	Caregivers new to long-term care

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What We Built

A ZIP code finder and state pages covering 14,690 CMS-certified nursing homes in 53 states and territories.
Finder filters that each read one CMS field, with every rule and count published.
Four tools: the finder, a three-home comparison, a Medicaid long-term care checker, and a care options guide.
Guides on types of care, paying for care, and choosing a facility, with the Eldercare Locator number in the site header.

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