Data studies
SeniorCareHomes.com builds these studies from public records, such as the federal long-term care ombudsman reports. Each study links to its sources, explains how we counted, and offers its tables as downloads.
Studies
- What people report about assisted living and residential care across AmericaClosed ombudsman complaints about residential care communities in every reported jurisdiction, federal fiscal year 2025.
- Five states with the most residential-care complaints per 1,000 bedsClosed ombudsman complaints per 1,000 licensed residential-care beds in every state, federal fiscal year 2025.
- Five states with the fewest residential-care complaints per 1,000 bedsThe same ranking from the other end.
- Nursing home complaint citations by state: how often they involve harmCitations from nursing home complaint inspections in every state and the share graded actual harm or immediate jeopardy, August 2023 to July 2026.
- How we counted senior-care complaints and inspection findingsThe datasets, periods and counting rules behind the complaints series.
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