# Check a memory care home before you choose

A method for families: check the licence on the register, read the inspection record, ask about dementia care and get the costs in writing before you choose a home.

- Level: Practitioner
- Length: 52 minutes
- Exam questions: 8, pass mark 80%, up to 3 attempts
- Certificate: valid for 12 months

## What you will learn

- Check a licence number on the register that the listing names, and record the date of the check.
- Read an inspection record and write down questions for the home.
- Ask a home about dementia care, using the questions in the site's tour guide.
- Collect the same five cost facts from every home, in writing.

## Lessons

1. [Check the licence on the register](https://memorycarehomes.fyi/academy/check-a-memory-care-home-before-you-choose/check-the-licence-on-the-register.md) (12 minutes)
2. [Read the inspection record](https://memorycarehomes.fyi/academy/check-a-memory-care-home-before-you-choose/read-the-inspection-record.md) (12 minutes)
3. [Ask about dementia care and visit](https://memorycarehomes.fyi/academy/check-a-memory-care-home-before-you-choose/ask-about-dementia-care-and-visit.md) (14 minutes)
4. [Get costs in writing](https://memorycarehomes.fyi/academy/check-a-memory-care-home-before-you-choose/get-costs-in-writing.md) (14 minutes)

## Questions

### Do I need a care or legal background for this course?

No. The course uses public registers and plain questions. It gives no medical, legal or financial advice.

### Does passing the exam mean a home is good?

No. The certificate of completion records that you passed this site's exam. It says nothing about any home.

### Will this course tell me what a home should cost?

No. Memory care prices are not public data and this site does not guess them. The course shows you how to get each home's costs in writing.

Also on the [web page](https://memorycarehomes.fyi/academy/check-a-memory-care-home-before-you-choose).