According to the Nursing Home Reform Act, nursing homes must provide certain services for their residents and must also follow strict standards for these services. Required services include:

• Designing comprehensive care plan designed specifically around the needs of each resident
• Meeting federal standards of quality when involved with social services
• Meeting federal standards of quality when providing dietary services
• Meeting federal standards of quality when providing pharmaceutical drug services
• Meeting federal standards of quality when providing rehabilitation services
• Employing a full-time social worker if the nursing home has more than 120 beds
• Periodically assessing each resident
• Maintaining standardized quality of nursing services