Nursing Home Care

(Data are for the U.S.)

 

• Number of nursing homes: 16,100
• Number of beds: 1.7 million
• Occupancy rate: 86 percent

Source: 2004 National Nursing Home Survey: Facilities, table 1

• Number of current residents: 1.5 million
• Average length of time since admission (current residents): 835 days

Source: 2004 National Nursing Home Survey, Residents, table 13

 

More data

• Nursing home residents 65 years of age and over by age, sex, and race Health, United States, 2008, table 107
• Nursing homes, beds, occupancy, and residents by geographic division and state Health, United States, 2008, table 120
• Pressure Ulcers Among Nursing Home Residents: United States, 2004
• The National Nursing Home Survey: 2004 Overview