Nursing Home Care

• Number of nursing homes: 15,600 (2016)
• Proportion of nursing homes with for-profit ownership: 69.3% (2016)
• Number of licensed beds: 1.7 million (2016)

Source: Long-Term Care Providers and Services Users in the United States, 2015-2016, Appendix III. Detailed Tables, table V pdf icon[PDF – 5.6 MB]

• Number of residents: 1.3 million (2015)

Source: Long-Term Care Providers and Services Users in the United States, 2015-2016, Appendix III. Detailed Tables, table VIII pdf icon[PDF – 5.6 MB]

• National Post-acute and Long-term Care Study
• National Institute on Agingexternal icon
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Servicesexternal icon
• Nursing Home Compareexternal icon