If you haven't already absorbed the home's most recent inspection findings, reported on Form 2567, by finding it on your state website (not all states post it), ask to see it. The home is required to let you read it. Ask for previous reports as well. Nursing homes don't have to let you read reports other than the latest one, so it is a good sign if a home opens them up to you. Comparing several consecutive surveys could reflect a facility's progress—or a slip in care. "If it's thick, that's already a warning," says Wells of the survey report, which covers about 180 individual health-related requirements. If the home's managers are too busy to help you understand the details—even if you made appointment in advance to do so—that, too, says something. The home could be short-staffed, reluctant to open up, or both.

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