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Facility Questionnaire
Write down the facility's answers about licensing, nursing coverage, medications, meals, hospital returns, memory care, communication, costs, and records.
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Questions to Ask. Answers to Write Down. Details to Verify.
Use whichever tools help your family prepare, compare information, or organize questions. The facility questionnaire and advisory notices are helpful starting points, and every checklist is available to download without contacting us first.
14 printable family resources
Choose the resources that are useful to your family.
The questionnaire and advisory notices provide a broad starting point. The remaining checklists can help before admission, during a transition, after an event, or whenever you want clearer documentation.
Reviewing a facility? Use AHCA inspection history to prepare admission, medication, meal, and hospital-return questions. Elder-law attorneys, care managers, and discharge planners can share the guide and these checklists with families.
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Public Advisory Notices for Families
Seven plain-language notices about nursing coverage, medication assistance, memory care, placement services, reviews, licensing, and facility tours.
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Who Is Paying the Placement Advisor?
Ask how a placement service is paid, which facilities it includes, and what it actually verified before relying on a recommendation.
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Facility Comparison Checklist
Compare licensing, costs, staffing, medications, meals, escalation, communication, and contract terms across facilities.
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Medication and Stop Orders Checklist
Compare current orders, discharge instructions, stopped medications, the facility record, and the pharmacy supply.
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Diet, Texture, Allergy, and Meal Support Checklist
Verify that diet, texture, allergies, supplements, substitutions, and required meal assistance reach the resident correctly.
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Admission Day Checklist
Confirm documents, medications, diet, equipment, appointments, outside providers, and unresolved responsibilities on admission day.
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First 72 Hours Checklist
Check that the initial plan is actually in place during the first three days after admission or return.
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Seven-Day Reliability Check
Close remaining admission items and identify medication, meal, appointment, communication, or follow-through problems that are recurring.
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Memory Care Visit Checklist
Use a structured visit to review dignity, safety, supervision, meals, equipment, activities, and follow-through.
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Fall Risk Environment Checklist
Review mobility assistance, transfers, room setup, bathrooms, lighting, footwear, alarms, and the response to changing fall risk.
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Hospital or Rehabilitation Return Checklist
Reconcile discharge information, medications, diet, wound care, equipment, appointments, and monitoring after a return.
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Seasonal Family Coverage Plan
Record who will visit, communicate, make decisions, receive information, and provide backup support while family members are away.
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Issue Escalation and Closure Checklist
Track an issue or question from the available information and immediate risk through responsible ownership, due date, and documented closure.
Download Issue Escalation and Closure Checklist PDFTool scope: Each PDF includes a version date and scope disclaimer. The tools do not replace emergency care, treating-clinician judgment, or legal advice. Do not place resident-identifying information into an unsecured copy or public submission.