The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) has recently published Residential Care Community Resident Characteristics: United States, 2022, a report that provides the most up-to-date national estimates of selected characteristics of residents in residential care communities, including assisted living.
Key findings from the report include:
- In 2022, the majority of residential care community residents were female (67%), White non-Hispanic (92%), and aged 85 and older (53%).
- Approximately 17% of residential care community residents were Medicaid beneficiaries, with the percentage varying by age.
- Among residential care community residents, 75% required assistance with bathing, 71% needed help with walking, and 62% needed assistance with three or more activities of daily living.
- About three in five residential care community residents had a diagnosis of high blood pressure, and about two in five had a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias.
You can read the full report
here.