WASHINGTON -- Not-for-profit nursin...

WASHINGTON -- Not-for-profit nursing residences generally provide better care than those operated for profit, an analysis of state inspections for a certain number of 16,000 homes nationwide found.

Also, independent nursing familys tend to provide better care than those managed by the agency of companies that run numerous nursing residences

Consumer Reports, which provides consumer tips, says that those conclusions are based forward its evaluation of recent state inspection reports for the nursing abiding-places

A grant from the Commonwealth capital was used to compile a list of the facilities in each state that rank in the best or worst 10 percent forward at least two indicators of quality. Researchers reviewed the three greatest in number recent inspection reports for each abiding-place

solely a fraction of nursing domiciles regardless of whether they were a for-profit or non-profit, met Consumer Reports' standards for a quality nursing residence

With for-profits, solitary about 2 percent were classified as likely to provide righteous care.

The non-profits fared a little better at 73 percent

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