Nursing Home Quality Of Care Rankings Put Alaska First & Texas Last

According to data from the federal Medicaid Nursing Home Compare website, nursing homes in Alaska provide the best quality of care in the United States and nursing homes in Texas provide the lowest quality of care. The analysis aggregated the data about nursing homes in each state to develop a state ranking based on the quality of care provided. The ranking is based on staffing levels, hours of professional nursing care per day, hours of direct care per resident per day, deficiencies and complaints about abuse and neglect, and scores on nursing home facility inspections. The 10 states with the . . .