Resources for choosing a nursing home

1) Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

• 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.​

2) Colorado Long Term Care Ombudsman

• Books and other printed information.
• Lists of local ombudsmen.
• Advocacy assistance.
• "Here's Help" series on various nursing home topics.​

3) Local ombudsman, area offices on aging, county departments of social services

4) Books:

• “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

5) Professional associations:

• 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