★ Federal safety data on every listing

The senior care directory that shows you the inspection record.

CMS star ratings, health-inspection deficiencies, staffing hours, and fines, next to every community and ranked by the data. Not by who pays a referral fee.

2002 communities checked against the federal record across 5 states. Snapshot 2026-06-30.

What we show that A Place for Mom hides
CMS overall star ratingshown
Health-inspection deficienciesshown
Nurse hours per resident per dayshown
Fines & penaltiesshown
Medicaid, VA & private-pay acceptedshown
Source: Medicare Care Compare + state licensing. Every figure links to the official record.

Browse by care type

Assisted living

Help with daily activities, meals, and medication.

Memory care

Secured, specialized care for dementia and Alzheimer's.

Nursing homes

24-hour skilled nursing, with CMS star ratings.

Home health

Skilled care and therapy in your own home.

Hospice

Comfort-focused care, covered by Medicare.

Independent living

Maintenance-free communities for active adults.

Browse by city

Arizona, more soon

Las Vegas, NV

361 communities

Phoenix, AZ

156 communities

Tucson, AZ

73 communities

Denver, CO

73 communities

Aurora, CO

63 communities

Albuquerque, NM

59 communities

Colorado Springs, CO

54 communities

Mesa, AZ

48 communities

Why CaringAtlas

The big senior care referral sites are paid a fee by the communities they recommend, so the inspection record gets buried and the rankings follow the money. CaringAtlas was built to do the opposite. We put the federal data in front of you and rank on it.

Ranked by the record

Every nursing home shows its CMS Five-Star rating, health-inspection deficiencies, nurse hours per resident per day, fines, and special-focus status, each linked to the official Medicare source. Our "best" lists are ordered by that data and real reviews, never by who pays.

Honest about the gaps

Assisted living and memory care are state-licensed, not federally rated. We confirm the license and say plainly what we could not verify, instead of implying a clean record we have not checked. Free help for families, with the conflict removed.

What to check before you choose

Whatever a community's brochure says, four things separate good care from risky care. For a nursing home, look at the health-inspection deficiency count and the nurse hours per resident per day, not just the headline star. For assisted living or memory care, confirm the active state license, ask the daytime and overnight staff-to-resident ratio, and tour more than once, including unannounced. CaringAtlas surfaces the inspection and staffing record so you can do this in minutes.

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