Today, the federal government rolled out a revamped approach to make things easier for families in search of a nursing home. Like the system used to rate Medicare health and drug plans, the Nursing Home Compare site gives nursing homes from 1 to 5 stars in each of three key areas—10 quality measures, such as the percentage of residents with urinary tract infections; performance in the three most recent health inspections; and adequacy of staffing.
Each facility also gets from 1 to 5 stars overall. The nursing homes in the states listed below have the highest percentages of nursing homes with the lowest possible overall rating of 1 star on the revamped Nursing Home Compare site.
| State | Total Number of Nursing Homes |
% With 1 Star |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Louisiana | 283 | 39.6 percent |
| 2. Georgia | 358 | 32.4 percent |
| 2. Virginia | 275 | 32.4 percent |
| 4. Tennessee | 317 | 30.9 percent |
| 5. Ohio | 945 | 29.4 percent |
| 6. North Carolina | 419 | 28.6 percent |
| 7. Indiana | 505 | 28.1 percent |
| 8. Texas | 1,108 | 27.6 percent |
| 9. New Mexico | 69 | 27.5 percent |
| 10. Oklahoma | 318 | 26.7 percent |
- Read Nursing Homes: How the 50 States Rank
- Read How to Choose a Nursing Home: Count the Stars
- Read Is Simpler Better in Rating a Nursing Home?
Corrected on 12/19/08: Because of a production error, an earlier version of the table contained inaccurate statistics for New Mexico.
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