An In-Depth Look at State Nursing Home Regulations

NH Regs Plus serves as a one-stop location to examine and compare the content of state regulations related to nursing homes. It contains federal nursing home regulations and nursing home regulations for all states and the District of Columbia.

NH Regs Plus also contains comparative analyses of more than 70 topics in nursing home regulation in narrative and tabular form. The narratives also contain occasional comments, signed as [NH Regs Plus Comment: , that call attention to issues that may be relevant in the movement toward greater individualization of resident care and transformation of nursing home services and environments to achieve better resident quality of life.

NHRegsPlus has just completed a ground-breaking examination of waivers of nursing home regulations. In the context of federal waiver requirements, new sections describe, compare and contrast how states grant waivers of regulations and the kind of records they establish. Click for waivers of environmental regulations. Click for waivers of services regulations.

Check out our new look—and our updated information. Changes to looks for: -State regs updated to 2011. -Comparisons by state updated. -States home pages describe changes over time. -Assisted living regs now uploaded. -New section on waivers of regulation.