Here are helpful resources for you as you decide what Nursing Home is right for you or a loved one.
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
4300 Cherry Creek Drive South
Denver, CO 80246
303-692-2836
health.facilities@state.co.us
Our Health Facilities and Emergency Medical Services Division provides:
Facility files.
Survey results.
Summaries of reported occurrences and complaint investigations.
Lists of all nursing homes by city, county or alphabetical.
Information on filing health care complaints.
Colorado Long Term Care Ombudsman
The Legal Center
455 Sherman St.
Denver, CO 80203
303-722-0300 or 1-800-288-1376
Books and other printed information.
Lists of local ombudsmen.
Advocacy assistance.
"Here's Help" series on various nursing home topics.
Local ombudsman, area offices on aging, county departments of social services
“The Consumer's Guide to Colorado Nursing Homes,”
Second edition, by Maria Arellano, Nancy Schwalm, Richard Schwalm, 1997.
Copies can be ordered from:
Action HealthCare Services Inc.
2348 Senator Court
Louisville, CO 80027
303-604-1459
“Nursing Homes: Getting Good Care There,”
by Sarah Green Burger, Virginia Fraser, Sara Hunt, Barbara Frank.
A consumer action manual prepared by the National Citizens\' Coalition for Nursing Home Reform. 1996. Available at bookstores.
1-800-2-IMPACT
“Caregiver Handbook: A Local Guide for Caregivers of Elders in the Denver Metropolitan Region,”
by Denver Regional Council of Governments, 1997, Aging Services Division.
303-455-1000
Colorado Health Care Association
225 E. 16th Ave., Suite 1100
Denver, CO 80203
303-861-8228
Colorado Association of Homes and Services for the Aging
1888 Sherman St., Suite 610
Denver, CO 80203
303-837-8834