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Approximately thirteen percent of the total United States population is over the age of 65. Nursing home statistics show that there are a total of over 1.8 million nursing facility beds available in the United States. Of these available beds, nursing home statistics reveal that approximately 1.6 million people are cared for in nursing homes each year. There are almost 17,000 nursing homes in our country; most of them are for-profit businesses and the facilities are part of a chain of nursing homes.

Approximately one in ten people over the age of 65 and one in four people over the age of eighty will be cared for in a nursing home at some time in their lives. The average cost of nursing home care is $50,000 to $60,000 each year. Nursing home statistics regarding the cost of care also must take into account the type of facility and quality of care received and the financial responsibility that the patient bears after possible government and insurance aid.

Nursing home statistics suggest that private care facilities generally provide a higher quality of care than facilities which house Medicaid patients. This may be due to the fact that private facilities generally charge more for care and have more resources at their disposal than Medicare facilities that may be understaffed or poorly staffed.

Nursing home statistics also show that there are quality-of-care discrepancies related to racial inequalities. African Americans are four times more likely than their white counterparts to receive substandard care in a nursing home. Approximately forty percent of African Americans in nursing homes live in a lower tiered nursing home. This may place these individuals at greater risk of nursing home abuse and neglect.

Recent nursing home statistics have shown that the frequency of nursing home abuse and neglect is widely under reported. Studie s have found significant cases of abuse and neglect in approximately 30 percent of the nursing homes across the country. In 2003 nursing home statistics reported by USA Today estimated that one half of all nursing home patients are suffering from untreated pain. Nursing home patients rely on their caregivers for medical care and the fulfillment of basic physical needs like eating, drinking, and ambulating. In 1999 nursing home statistics regarding the cause of patient death found that almost 5000 death certificates listed starvation, dehydration or bedsores as the cause of death.

There have been several laws enacted on the federal and state level aimed at improving these nursing home statistics. Nursing home abuse is often the result of understaffed or poorly staffed facilities. Nursing home settlements in lawsuits often include corrective damages aimed at helping ensure better quality care in nursing homes. If a patient is injured because of nursing home abuse or neglect , they may be eligible to seek restitution. For more information about nursing home statistics, please contact us to confer with an attorney who can advise you of your legal rights and options in a nursing home case.

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