Guides for small care home owners
Short, practical guides for people who run a home with 4 to 25 beds. General information, not legal advice; always check your own licensing guidance.
- Getting ready for a licensing inspection in a small care home
A practical, year-round routine for small assisted living, adult care and family care homes to keep records inspection-ready. Not legal advice. - Paper MAR or electronic MAR? What a small home should weigh
What to weigh when a small assisted living, adult care or family care home moves from a paper MAR to an eMAR: errors, refills, audits, cost and staff. - A simple incident report routine for a small care home
A step-by-step routine so falls, injuries and other incidents in a small care home get reported, notified and followed up on time. Not legal advice. - Covering a staff call-out at a small care home
A ready-made plan for the 6 a.m. call-out at a small assisted living or family care home: who to ask, in what order, and what to check first. - Choosing software for a small care home: 12 questions to ask
Twelve plain questions for owners of small assisted living, adult care and family care homes to ask any care software vendor before they sign.
See it on a sample home. A 20-minute call where we walk through a day at a small home in Ralfor: med pass, an incident, a call-out, a family update. Sample residents only; you never need to share real resident information to see it.
Book a demoRequest early accessGeneral information, not legal advice. Rules differ by state and licence type and change over time. Check your own licensing guidance before you change how your home works: in Virginia the VDSS Division of Licensing Programs and the 22VAC40-73 standards; in North Carolina the DHSR Adult Care Licensure Section, your county DSS adult home specialist and the 10A NCAC 13F and 13G rules.