Nursing Home Care

• Number of nursing homes: 15,300 (2020)
• Proportion of nursing homes with for-profit ownership: 70.3% (2020)
• Number of licensed beds: 1.6 million (2020)

Source: Biennial Overview of Post-acute and Long-term Care in the United States, Table 1

• Number of residents: 1.3 million (2020)

Source: Biennial Overview of Post-acute and Long-term Care in the United States, Table 4

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