Senior Living Watch

Know when something happens where your loved one lives.

Senior Living Watch monitors public inspection records for care centers and assisted living communities, then emails you when a place you are tracking receives a new citation, complaint, or penalty.

Or see plans and pricing.

Three simple steps

1

Find the place.

Search 14,700+ care centers nationwide and 16,300+ assisted living communities across California, New York, Florida, Texas, and Minnesota.

2

Track it.

One click and we watch it for you. Change what you are tracking anytime as your situation changes.

3

Get notified.

When a new citation, complaint, or penalty is recorded, you get an email that explains what happened in plain terms.

Most families find out too late.

Problems are recorded.

When inspectors find medication errors, falls, unsafe conditions, abuse, or neglect, those findings become part of the public record.

But only if you know where to look.

That record helps only if you know where to look, when, and how to read it. Most families learn about a problem after something has already happened.

We change that.

You find out when the inspector does, in language written for families, not regulators.

Why I built this

Jim De Vico, founder of Senior Living Watch
I lost my mother while she was living in an assisted living community. In the aftermath, I found myself searching public records, trying to understand what had happened and whether there were warning signs I had missed.
The information was scattered across government websites. It was hard to find, harder to interpret, and impossible to subscribe to. There was no way to ask the simple question: tell me if anything happens here.
I built Senior Living Watch to give other families what I wish I had had: a way to know, quickly and in plain terms, when something happens where someone they love lives.

— Jim De Vico, Founder

Where we watch

Senior Living Watch state coverage map District of Columbia
Assisted living & nursing home Assisted living coming soon Nursing home only

Care centers nationwide. We monitor every Medicare- and Medicaid-certified care center in the country, about 14,700+ across all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories. The data comes from CMS, the federal agency that regulates nursing homes.

Assisted living, state by state. We monitor assisted living communities using the public licensing and inspection records each state keeps. Live now:

California
8,600+ communities
New York
500+ communities
Florida
3,000+ communities
Texas
2,000+ communities
Minnesota
2,100+ communities
See the full coverage map →

Official, independent, public

Official government sources.

We pull directly from CMS and state regulatory agencies, the same data those agencies publish themselves. Every alert links back to the original record.

Independent.

We take nothing from the places we cover, and we take no advertising from senior care providers. Our job is to surface the public record clearly and quickly.

Common questions

Is the data accurate?
Yes. We pull directly from CMS and state regulatory agencies. We make it findable and subscribable.
What does the CMS star rating mean?
5 stars is the highest rating and 1 star is the lowest. But the rating is a ranking, not a score. CMS compares each nursing home against the others in its own state: the top 10 percent get 5 stars, the bottom 20 percent get 1. So a 5-star home is one of the better-inspected homes in its state, which is not the same as saying inspectors found nothing. Read how the star rating works.
How quickly will I be notified?
We check for new records every day. When a place you track gets a new citation or penalty, you receive an email within 24 hours.
Will the facility know I am tracking it?
No. Tracking is private. The places we monitor are not notified, and your subscription is never shared.
What if my place is not listed?
We cover every federally certified care center nationally. Assisted living is rolling out state by state. Tell us your state on the coverage page and we will email you when we add it.
Is this a substitute for visiting in person?
No. Nothing replaces showing up. Senior Living Watch tells you what the official record says so you can ask better questions when you visit.
What does it cost?
Plans start at $9.99 per month. See the pricing page for details.

Start tracking your loved one's place.

Search 14,700+ care centers and 16,300+ assisted living communities. One click, and you get an email when anything new appears in the public record.

Or see plans and pricing.