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This website contains an archive of monthly newsletters that were distributed to subscribers of the Long-term Care Listserv. The listserv is a way to get information about activities, products and release dates for the National Post-acute and Long-term Care Survey (NPALS), formerly the National Study of Long-Term Care Providers (NSLTCP).

MARCH, 2023

STATS OF THE MONTH

In recognition of National Kidney Month (March 2023), we present estimates from the 2020 National Post-acute and Long-term Care Study (NPALS).

Updates

* The 2020 adult day services centers and residential care communities weighted national estimates and standard errors tables are available at https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/npals/webtables.htm .

* The 2020 adult day services centers and residential care communities data briefs and web tables of state estimates are available at https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/npals/reports.htm.

* Data collection for the residential care community and adult day components of the 2022 NPALS was launched in September 2022.

* Final COVID data from the adult day and residential care components of the 2020 National Post-acute and Long-term Care Study (NPALS) are available from the NCHS COVID dashboard –

* Restricted data files for the adult day services center and residential care components of 2020 NPALS are available through the NCHS Research Data Center (RDC).

Data Tell Stories. Tell Us Yours! How have you used information from the National Post-acute and Long-term Care Study? Email us a brief description at LTCSBFeedback@cdc.gov. In the subject field of your email, write “My NPALS data use example”. Your examples will help us showcase the value of NPALS.

WE WELCOME YOUR FEEDBACK ON THIS NEWSLETTER

FEBRUARY, 2023

STATS OF THE MONTH

In recognition of American Heart Month (February 2023), we present estimates from the 2020 National Post-acute and Long-term Care Study (NPALS).

Updates

* The 2020 adult day services centers and residential care communities weighted national estimates and standard errors tables are now available at https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/npals/webtables.htm.

* The 2020 adult day services centers and residential care communities data briefs and web tables of state estimates are now available at https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/npals/reports.htm.

* Data collection for the residential care community and adult day components of the 2022 NPALS was launched in September 2022.   

* Final COVID data from the adult day and residential care components of the 2020 National Post-acute and Long-term Care Study (NPALS) are now available from the NCHS COVID dashboard –

* Restricted data files for the adult day services center and residential care components of 2020 NPALS are now available through the NCHS Research Data Center (RDC).

* Beginning January 2020, NSLTCP has been renamed the National Post-acute and Long-term Care Study (NPALS).

 New Products

  • Caffrey C, Melekin A, Lu Z, Sengupta M. Variation in residential care community resident characteristics, by size of community: United States, 2020. NCHS Data Brief, no 454. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2022. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.15620/cdc:121910.
  • Singh P, Lu Z, Sengupta M. Variation in adult day services center participant characteristics by center ownership: United States, 2020. NCHS Data Brief, no 453. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2022. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.15620/cdc:122046.

Data Tell Stories. Tell Us Yours! How have you used information from the National Study of Long-Term Care Providers? Email us a brief description at LTCSBFeedback@cdc.gov. In the subject field of your email, write “My NSLTCP data use example”. Your examples will help us showcase the value of NSLTCP.

WE WELCOME YOUR FEEDBACK ON THIS NEWSLETTER

JANUARY, 2023

2022 Year in Review

In 2022, the Long-Term Care Statistics Branch (LTCSB) at the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) had a productive year, providing timely data to the public in a variety of ways, publishing reports and making presentations of findings in conferences and meetings. LTCSB released several data files and publications using data from the National Post-acute and Long-term Care Study (NPALS) surveys of adult day services centers (ADSCs) and residential care communities (RCCs). You can find these publications and data releases at the links in the sections below.

NCHS Reports 

  1. Melekin A, Lu Z, Singh P, Lendon JP, Caffrey C, Sengupta M. Long-term care providers and services users in the United States—Residential care component: National Post-acute and Long-term Care Study, 2020: Weighted national estimates and standard errors. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2022. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/npals/2020-NPALS-RCC-Weighted-Estimates-508.pdf.
  2. Melekin A, Singh P, Lu Z, Lendon JP, Caffrey C, Sengupta M. Long-term care providers and services users in the United States—Adult day services center component: National Post-acute and Long-term Care Study, 2020: Weighted national estimates and standard errors. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2022. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/npals/2020-NPALS-ADSC-Weighted-Estimates-508.pdf.
  3. Caffrey C, Melekin A, Lu Z, Sengupta M. Variation in residential care community resident characteristics, by size of community: United States, 2020. NCHS Data Brief, no 454. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2022. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.15620/cdc:121910.
  4. Singh P, Lu Z, Sengupta M. Variation in adult day services center participant characteristics by center ownership: United States, 2020. NCHS Data Brief, no 453. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2022. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.15620/cdc:122046.
  5. Melekin, A. and Sengupta, M. QuickStats: Percentage of Residential Care Communities that Offer Annual Influenza Vaccination to Residents and to Employees and Contract Staff Members, by Community Bed Size – United States, 2020. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7140a6.
  6. Caffrey, C. and Sengupta, M. QuickStats: Percentage of Residential Care Communities That Use Electronic Health Records, by Community Bed Size — United States, 2016 and 2020. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7139a7.
  7. Sengupta M, Lendon JP, Caffrey C, Melekin A, Singh P. Post-acute and long-term care providers and services users in the United States, 2017–2018. National Center for Health Statistics. Vital Health Stat 3(47). 2022. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.15620/cdc:115346.
    • Sengupta M, Lendon JP, Caffrey C, Melekin A, Singh P. Figures from Post-acute and Long-term Care Providers and Services Users in the United States, 2017–2018. National Center for Health Statistics. Vital Health Stat 3(47). 2022. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/npals/Series-3-47-Slides.pptx.
  8. Sengupta M, Singh P, Melekin A. Eligibility rate differences among residential care communities: 2010 National Survey of Residential Care Facilities and 2012–2018 National Study of Long-Term Care Providers. National Center for Health Statistics. Vital Health Stat 2(192). 2022. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.15620/cdc:115807.

Long-term Care and COVID-19 data

LTCSB updated the preliminary COVID-19 data dashboard with final 2020 NPALS estimates. Information about the experiences of COVID-19 among ADSCs and RCCs, including the number of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths among users and staff, practices taken to reduce COVID-19 exposure and transmission, and personal protective equipment (PPE) shortages, can be found here: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/covid19/npals.htm.

2020 Data Release

Restricted use files for the residential care community and adult day components of NPALS are available through the NCHS Research Data Center (RDC).

Documentation is available under the 2020 tab here: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/npals/questionnaires.htm.

Presentations

LTCSB staff has presented at various conferences and meetings in 2022. These include the NIH Webinar Series: Data from National Center for Health Statistics, DHQP-DAV TF (CDC) PointClickCare collaborative call, and the Annual Meetings of the Gerontological Society of America 2022.

About NPALS

In January 2020, National Study of Long-Term Care Providers (NSLTCP) was renamed National Post-acute and Long-term Care Study (NPALS) to better reflect the scope of NCHS’ study of long-term and post-acute care. This new name reflects the addition of more post-acute sectors (inpatient rehabilitation facilities and long-term care hospitals), while keeping the sectors (adult day services centers, assisted living and similar residential care communities, home health agencies, hospices, and nursing homes) that have been in the study since it launched in 2012. The information NCHS collects about ADSCs and participants and RCCs and residents remains the same.

LTCSB would like to thank you for following our listserv and for your continued use and support of NPALS. In 2023, LTCSB will publish NPALS products using the 2020 data. Please stay tuned. From all of us here at NCHS, we wish you a wonderful new year!

Data Tell Stories. Tell Us Yours! How have you used information from the National Post-acute and Long-term Care Study? Email us a brief description at LTCSBFeedback@cdc.gov. In the subject field of your email, write “My NPALS data use example”. Your examples will help us showcase the value of NPALS. To learn more about NPALS, please visit: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/npals/about_npals.htm