Below are links to helpful guides, documents and other resources: (Click the name of the item to view)
- Arkansas State Office of Long Term Care Regulatory & Complete Information
- Choices in Living Resource Center – Arkansas Department of Human Services
- How to Find the Long-Term Care Ombudsman in Every State
- What’s the Difference Between a Skilled Nursing Facility and a Nursing Home?
- This link below gives the minimum assets and income each state allows nursing home residents and their spouses to keep monthly
- 42 CFR § 483.60 – Food and nutrition services required and nursing homes
- Filing a federal staffing complaint 2022
- Signs of Nursing Home Abuse – What You Need To Know
- What is a Nursing Home Ombudsman? – Long Term Care Ombudsman
- How Nursing Home CMS Five-Star Ratings Work
- Compare Nursing Home Care Near You
- Nursing home CMS certification and requirements
- Nursing Home Inspect – Arkansas
- 2022 CMS nursing home guidelines for nursing home visitation
- Find Arkansas Nursing Homes
- Act 311 of 2021 – Minimum Visitation Requirements
- United States Complaint Agencies
- Find Healthcare Providers: Compare Care Near You | Medicare
- CMS January 2021: Nursing Home 5 Star Quality rating system
- Arkansas Long-Term Care | Ombudsman
- Regional CMS offices (PDF)
- CMS Healthcare Providers: Compare Care Near You | Medicare
- Nursing Home Resource Center | CMS
- Nursing home fact sheets
- The 20 most common nursing home federal laws and how to resolve them
- Ombudsman Information
- State-by-state Oversight Complaint Agencies
- List of Medicaid Fraud Control Units in Every State
- Contact Information For Filing a Complaint with the State Survey Agency
- Rights & protections in a nursing home
- Assisted Living II facilities
- About Resident Trust Funds
- Involuntary Discharge Guidelines
- Coach Broyle’s Playbook for Alzehimer’s Caregivers – A legendary coach for the Arkansas Razorbacks, Frank Broyle’s gives us a practical, from experience guide to loving and helping our loved one who has been stricken with this disease. This is one of the best guides available to us.
- How to Organize a National Long-Term Care Resident’s Rights Rally in Your State
- The OFFICIAL AANHR Good Care Booklet – Produced by AANHR and is a valuable tool for teaching cooperative communication between families and nursing home staff.
- Office of Long Term Care’s “Rules and Regulations for Nursing Homes”