Nursing Home Care

• Number of nursing homes: 15,600 (2018)
• Proportion of nursing homes with for-profit ownership: 70.0% (2018)
• Number of licensed beds: 1.7 million (2018)

Source: Post-acute and Long-term Care Providers and Services Users in the United States, 2017-2018, Appendix III. Detailed Tables, table IX [PDF – 1.2 MB]

• Number of residents: 1.3 million (2017)

Source: Post-acute and Long-term Care Providers and Services Users in the United States, 2017-2018, Appendix III. Detailed Tables, table XII [PDF – 1.2 MB]

• National Post-acute and Long-term Care Study
• National Institute on Aging
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
• Nursing Home Compare