The Retirement Home Beacon world

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42 pages · 51 sources cited

financement

9 pages
9 terms
75% of demand covered

72% maturity

Terms 9

reglementation

9 pages
8 terms
58% of demand covered

79% maturity

Directories 1

Care regulators, by jurisdiction The body that inspects a care home or a home-care agency is not the same one everywhere — some jurisdictions run a single national regulator, others split the same competence by nation or state. This directory lists, by name and by source, the public bodies that register, inspect or steer residential and home care in the jurisdictions this hub already sources. Ombudsman and complaints bodies for care are a separate kind of entity from these regulators, and none is verified in this Beacon's referential yet — none is listed here rather than guessed.

Terms 8

logement

8 pages
8 terms
100% of demand covered

72% maturity

Terms 8

soins

8 pages
8 terms
89% of demand covered

72% maturity

Terms 8

transition

6 pages
5 terms
63% of demand covered

79% maturity

Guides 1

Choosing and arranging care Moving from independent living into paid care, or arranging care after a hospital stay, follows a recognisable sequence in most of the jurisdictions this hub sources: an assessment of need comes first, a written plan follows, legal and financial groundwork sits alongside, and safeguarding runs throughout. This guide walks that sequence using England's social care system, where each step is documented by an official source — the order and the institutions differ elsewhere, and this guide does not extend the England-specific steps to other jurisdictions.

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7 countries

North America

2 countries

CA Canada US United States

Canada

Key rules

Who regulates: No national regulator — provinces and territories are responsible for how long-term care homes are regulated
Who inspects, and how: To operate, homes must undergo inspections and meet provincial or territorial requirements; third-party accreditation is mandatory in five provinces
Where to read the findings: Not established by the cited source — oversight, and its publication, is organised per province or territory

Appears in Who regulates care homes, and where to read the inspections

Official source: canada.ca ↗

United States

Key rules

Who regulates: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) — the federal agency behind nursing-home quality rating
Who inspects, and how: Health inspections feed one of the three rating domains, alongside staffing and quality measures
Where to read the findings: Nursing Home Care Compare (Medicare.gov) — an overall one-to-five-star rating per nursing home, plus domain ratings

Appears in Who regulates care homes, and where to read the inspections Who pays for care — three systems compared

Official source: cms.gov ↗

Europe

3 countries

FR France ES Spain GB United Kingdom

Europe 3

North America 2

Oceania 2

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France

Key rules

Who regulates: CNSA — the national public body managing the branche Autonomie, steering and financing autonomy-support policy
Who inspects, and how: Not established by the cited source — inspection is not a CNSA function described in it
Where to read the findings: Not established by the cited source

Appears in Who regulates care homes, and where to read the inspections Who pays for care — three systems compared

Official source: cnsa.fr ↗

Spain

Key rules

Who regulates: Imserso — the state Social Security body managing services for older people and the dependency system (SAAD)
Who inspects, and how: Not established by the cited source — care-home inspection is not an Imserso function described in it
Where to read the findings: Not established by the cited source

Appears in Who regulates care homes, and where to read the inspections

Official source: imserso.es ↗

United Kingdom

Key rules

Who regulates: England: the Care Quality Commission (CQC), independent regulator of health and adult social care. Scotland and Wales have separate inspectorates (see sources)
Who inspects, and how: CQC monitors, inspects and regulates services, and encourages them to improve
Where to read the findings: CQC publishes what it finds, including ratings from Outstanding to Inadequate, for every registered service

Appears in Who regulates care homes, and where to read the inspections Who pays for care — three systems compared

Official source: cqc.org.uk ↗

Oceania

2 countries

AU Australia NZ New Zealand

Australia

Key rules

Who regulates: Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission — the national body protecting and improving safety and quality of life for people receiving aged care services
Who inspects, and how: Not established by the cited source — the page states the Commission's purpose, not its audit mechanics
Where to read the findings: Not established by the cited source

Appears in Who regulates care homes, and where to read the inspections

Official source: agedcarequality.gov.au ↗

New Zealand

Key rules

Who regulates: Ministry of Health — all rest homes and aged residential care facilities must be certified under the Health and Disability Services (Safety) Act 2001
Who inspects, and how: Certification and surveillance audits every one to four years by designated auditing agencies (each team includes a registered nurse), plus unannounced spot audits and complaint-triggered inspections
Where to read the findings: Audit reports for all rest homes are published in the Ministry's public database of certified providers

Appears in Who regulates care homes, and where to read the inspections

Official source: health.govt.nz ↗