Staff shortages, low reimbursements and other financial struggles have led to a string of nursing home closures throughout the year. A report from the Quality, Certification and Oversight Reports shows 128 facilities closed or merged in the last year.
Mark Parkinson, president of the American Health Care Association, told Kaiser Health News the actual count was significantly higher, but the federal reports tend to lag behind what’s happening on the ground.
Here are the reported numbers of facility closures by state:
- Arkansas — 5
- Alabama — 1
- Arizona — 2
- California — 1
- Colorado — 3
- Connecticut — 2
- Delaware — 1
- Florida — 1
- Georgia — 1
- Hawaii — 1
- Illinois — 3
- Indiana — 4
- Iowa — 5
- Kansas — 4
- Kentucky — 2
- Louisiana — 1
- Maine — 4
- Maryland — 1
- Massachusetts — 7
- Michigan — 2
- Minnesota — 7
- Missouri — 3
- Montana — 1
- Nebraska — 9
- New Jersey — 4
- New York — 4
- North Dakota — 2
- North Carolina — 2
- Ohio — 8
- Oklahoma — 6
- Oregon — 1
- Pennsylvania — 4
- Rhode Island — 1
- South Carolina — 1
- South Dakota — 3
- Texas — 13
- Wisconsin — 7
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