Editorial standards

Where do Provo Senior Advisor's facts come from?

Regulatory statements cite Utah's administrative rules or the Utah DHHS, DLBC or MAG page they come from; cost figures come from CareScout's 2025 Utah release; population figures from Census Bureau Vintage 2025 estimates; and VA figures from VA rate tables.

• Utah Admin. Code R432-270, Assisted Living Facilities (LII)
• DLBC Find a facility / licensing records
• DLBC public reports (regulated health facilities, sanctions)
• New Choices Waiver fact sheet, Utah DHHS
• Aging Waiver fact sheet, Utah DHHS
• Utah Admin. Code R414-305-3 (Medicaid resource limits)
• CareScout 2025 Cost of Care, Utah
• VA pension rates
• Census Vintage 2025 estimates
• MAG Aging & Family Services (Mountainland Area Agency on Aging)
• MAG in-home programs (Aging Waiver, Alternatives, Veterans Directed)
• MAG Long-Term Care Ombudsman
• MAG SHIP Medicare counseling
• UGRC SGID Licensed Health Care Facilities (DLBC data)

What will Provo Senior Advisor refuse to publish?

We leave out figures we cannot trace to a primary source, facility details that are not in DLBC or CMS bulk data, reviews and testimonials, and ratings of our own.

• No Provo-Orem cost median: CareScout published only state and national medians for 2025.
• No memory care median: CareScout does not survey memory care as its own category.
• No assisted living ratings: neither Utah nor CMS rates assisted living, and we will not make one up.
• No profiles built from marketing copy: facility pages use DLBC and CMS records only.

How current is the directory?

The directory is rebuilt from DLBC's public licensing records (data as of Nov 6, 2026), DLBC's monthly regulated facility report (November 2026) and CMS's Provider Information dataset (data as of Oct 1, 2026).

Each list shows its source and data date, and a page's sitemap date changes only when its content changes. Section numbers refer to R432-270 as amended through Utah State Bulletin 2023-22 (effective November 9, 2023); DLBC's own findings sometimes cite later section numbers.

How are CMS ratings and DLBC findings handled?

CMS ratings appear exactly as CMS publishes them, labelled as CMS's and only for certified nursing homes, and DLBC findings are quoted with the rule, level and correction status DLBC recorded; we never average, adjust or extend either.

Comparisons on profiles, such as whether a facility's findings are above the county median, are simple arithmetic on the published records, and each names the median it uses.

How do I request a correction?

Email advisors@provosenioradvisor.com with the page and the correction; operators can ask us to fix how their license data is displayed, but the underlying records belong to DLBC and CMS and must be changed with them.

We fix errors quickly. Reader corrections about Utah rules or benefit amounts are checked against the rule or agency page first.