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Search 46,000+ U.S. assisted-living and nursing-home facilities. Compare government licensing records, inspection history, complaints, citations, and CMS ratings without handing your contact details to a referral network.
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Counts are CareMap's analysis of CMS Care Compare and official state licensing registries (Jul–Aug 2026).
Every major assisted-living search site runs on lead generation: facilities pay them thousands of dollars per move-in. A business that gets paid to place your parent has no reason to warn you about the facility down the street with 18 substantiated complaints.
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Every facility gets an A–F grade derived only from its government record — and we show you exactly why. No black box, no pay-to-play.
For assisted living, substantiated complaints normalized per year open. For nursing homes, CMS health-inspection deficiencies — so old or large facilities aren't unfairly penalized.
For the 14,000+ Medicare-certified nursing homes, we map the official CMS 5-star rating — overall, health inspection, and staffing — into a plain A–F grade you can compare across states.
CMS abuse citations, Special Focus Facilities, fines, and probation status are flagged prominently. Every score lists its reasons so you can verify against the source.
Every licensed facility in these cities, ranked by its government safety record. Or see the full directory of 7,000+ cities across all 50 states, DC & territories →
Every state's assisted-living and nursing-home facilities, ranked by their government safety record — including CMS star ratings for nursing homes. All 50 states, DC & territories.
No login, no lead form. Everything you need to research senior care honestly — from knowing when it's time to reading the safety records the referral sites won't show you.
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45 questions on staffing, safety, and cost to take on every tour — and get pricing in writing.
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All 46,000+ facilities across every state, with government-source records. Free to browse.
Browsing the map and grades is free forever. Pro unlocks the full safety file, tagging, and exports for people making a real decision.
The honest answers behind a $19.99 unlock — how we make money, where the data comes from, and what a safety grade does and doesn't mean.
We're funded by the people who use the site — a one-time $19.99 Pro unlock — plus display ads on our free pages. We take zero referral or lead-generation fees from facilities. That's the whole point: because facilities aren't our customers, we have no reason to hide their inspection or complaint history from you.
Yes. Assisted-living records come from official state licensing registries; nursing-home data, including CMS star ratings, deficiencies, and staffing, comes from CMS Care Compare / Medicare.gov. Coverage depth varies by state. CareMap is not affiliated with any government agency.
Pro is a one-time $19.99 payment — no subscription. It unlocks the full inspection, complaint, and citation history for every facility, the ability to save/tag/rate facilities as you research, and side-by-side comparison with CSV export — across all 50 states, DC, and territories.
Over 42,000 licensed assisted-living and Medicare-certified nursing-home facilities across all 50 states, Washington DC, and U.S. territories. Record depth varies by source.
No. The grade is one transparent, source-cited signal derived from factual public records (inspections, complaints, citations, CMS ratings). It's a starting point for your own research, not a judgment — always verify current status directly with the facility and the licensing agency before deciding. See our care guide and tour checklist.