Nursing Home Watchlist
The NHAA Watchlist tracks those nursing homes that have been found to harm residents, have unsafe practices, unsafe staffing levels, and the worst ratings.
You can find nursing homes by state using the map, or use the search form below.
What gets a nursing home on the list?
In order to be on the Watchlist a facility must have one or more of the following.
- Actual Harm: The facility caused serious harm or injury, impairment or in the worst case, death of a resident. – found by State investigators in published inspections
- History of Actual Harm: The facility has a history of at least 5 actual harm findings.
- Special Focus Facility: The facility has a history of serious quality issues. – as determined by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Unsafe Staffing: The facility’s staffing levels are consistently below those levels necessary to avoid patient harm and ensure delivery of care. – as determined by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Institute of Medicine, and American Nurses Association
- Worst Ratings: The facility repeatedly received the worst possible rating for one or more of the following:
- Overall Rating
- Health Inspection Rating
- Quality Rating
- Staffing Rating
- RN Staffing Rating
- – as determined by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Nursing Home Watchlist
The NHAA Watchlist tracks those nursing homes that have been found to harm residents, have unsafe practices, unsafe staffing levels, and the worst ratings.
What gets a nursing home on the list?
In order to be on the Watchlist a facility must have one or more of the following.
- Actual Harm: The facility caused serious harm or injury, impairment or in the worst case, death of a resident. – found by State investigators in published inspections
- History of Actual Harm: The facility has a history of at least 5 actual harm findings.
- Special Focus Facility: The facility has a history of serious quality issues. – as determined by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Unsafe Staffing: The facility’s staffing levels are consistently below those levels necessary to avoid patient harm and ensure delivery of care. – as determined by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Institute of Medicine, and American Nurses Association
- Worst Ratings: The facility repeatedly received the worst possible rating for one or more of the following:
- Overall Rating
- Health Inspection Rating
- Quality Rating
- Staffing Rating
- RN Staffing Rating
- – as determined by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Watchlist Facilities
Facility Name
City/State
County
Address
Zip
If you believe a nursing home should be on the Watchlist
please let us know.
