“US nursing home capacity declines twice as steep as estimated: JAMA study,” by Kimberly Marselas, McKnights LTC News
“US nursing homes have lost 5% of their operating capacity since 2020, according to a new study that looks beyond bed counts to understand why providers have had to limit admissions. While the number of skilled nursing beds declined 2.5% between 2019 and 2024 due to closures, license conversions and room privatization, researchers found that the pandemic, staffing shortages and other operating factors doubled the impact on capacity.”
LTC Comment, Stephen A. Moses, President, Center for Long-Term Care Reform:
Is it any wonder that nursing home capacity is declining when they lose money on the two-thirds of their residents who rely on Medicaid? To make sense of what ails LTC, read the Paragon Health Institute’s “Long-Term Care: The Problem” and “Long-Term Care: The Solution” and watch this “virtual LTC event” featuring age wave visionary Ken Dychtwald and leading LTC researchers. To find ample private funds for LTC, check out “Medicaid’s $100+ Billion Leak.” For what not to do, see “Medi-Cal-amity: California’s Reckless Expansion of Medicaid Long-Term Care to the Affluent.” Much more on long-term care here.