• About Assessing Long-Term Care Facilities

    Choosing a long term care facility is an important decision. To be an educated consumer, you must gather as much information as possible before you make this selection.

  • Review the Facility

    Reviewing the facility's Department of Public Health (DPH) certification survey results provides information about a facility's ability to meet the DPH regulations.

  • Visit the Facility


  • Assessing LTC - Nursing Facility and Rest Home Checklist pdf format of Assessing LTC - Checklist


  • Adjustment to the Facility

    Once an elder has moved into a long term care facility, there will be a period of adjustment because they are living in a new home and will be following a new routine.

  • Hospice Services

    Hospice is a supportive care program that provides palliative care and attends to the emotional and spiritual needs of terminally ill patients and their families at an inpatient facility or at the patient's home.