Now you have some idea of what you are looking for in a care home, and what you think they should be able to offer you it's time to search the internet. To get a really comprehensive list of care homes in your area it is useful to use the websites of those that inspect homes.
In Scotland this is Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland (SCSWIS) and can be found at http://www.scswis.com/
In England and Wales it is the Care Quality Commission (CQC) found at http://www.cqc.org.uk/
A useful website in the USA is http://www.medicare.gov/
although I will admit that there may be others as my area of expertise is UK based.
Each of these websites allow you search for a care home within a specified area and will give you a list of potential homes. They will all tell you how many people are accommodated at that care home and allow access to recent inspection reports. Don't concentrate on these or any gradings too much initially. Just write a list of homes within the area you choose to live. I'll help you to sift through these in future postings. If you are computer savvy you might like to start a spreadsheet to help you contrast and compare these homes. It doesn't need to be anything fancy. Just write the names of the care homes you find in a list down the left hand column. See my example below.
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