The NCHS National Post-acute and Long-term Care Study (NPALS) collects data on long-term care every two years for all 50 states and the District of Columbia to monitor the diverse post-acute and long-term care fields. The 2020 survey provided an opportunity to collect COVID-19-related data for residential care communities and adult day services centers, important long-term care settings. These data are not available from other data systems. These data are related to experiences of COVID-19 from January 2020 through mid-July 2021, including the number of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths among users and staff, practices taken to reduce COVID-19 exposure and transmission, and personal protective equipment (PPE) shortages.

The National Post-acute and Long-term Care Study (NPALS) is a biennial study of major post-acute and long-term care providers and their services users. Seven provider settings are included. NPALS collects survey data on the residential care community and adult day services sectors, and uses administrative data (available from CMS) for home health, nursing home, hospice, inpatient rehabilitation, and long-term care hospital sectors.
The goals of the study are to: estimate the supply of paid, regulated post-acute and long-term care services providers; estimate key policy-relevant characteristics and practices of these providers; estimate the number of post-acute and long-term care services users; estimate key policy-relevant characteristics of these users; produce national and state estimates where feasible; compare across provider sectors; and monitor trends over time.

The National Post-acute and Long-term Care Study (NPALS) is a biennial study of major post-acute and long-term care providers and their services users. Seven provider settings are in included. NPALS collects survey data on the residential care community and adult day services sectors, and uses administrative data (available from CMS) for home health, nursing home, hospice, inpatient rehabilitation, and long-term care hospital sectors.
The goals of the study are to: estimate the supply of paid, regulated post-acute and long-term care services providers; estimate key policy-relevant characteristics and practices of these providers; estimate the number of post-acute and long-term care services users; estimate key policy-relevant characteristics of these users; produce national and state estimates where feasible; compare across provider sectors; and monitor trends over time.

The 2004 National Nursing Home Survey (NNHS), conducted between August and December of 2004, was reintroduced into the field after a five-year break, during which time the survey was redesigned and expanded to collect many new data items. All nursing homes that participated in the NNHS had at least three beds and were either certified (by Medicare or Medicaid) or had a state license to operate as a nursing home. The redesigned survey was administered using a computer-assisted personal interviewing (CAPI) system. The National Nursing Home Survey provides information on nursing homes from two perspectives-that of the provider of services and that of the recipient of care. Data about the facilities include characteristics such as size, ownership, Medicare/Medicaid certification, services provided and specialty programs offered, and charges. For recipients, data were obtained on demographic characteristics, health status and medications taken, services received, and sources of payment.

Data for the survey were obtained through personal interviews with facility administrators and designated staff who used administrative records to answer questions about the facilities, staff, services and programs, and medical records to answer questions about the residents.

The total number of nursing home facilities that participated in NNHS is 1,174.

The 2004 National Nursing Home Survey (NNHS), conducted between August and December of 2004, was reintroduced into the field after a five-year break, during which time the survey was redesigned and expanded to collect many new data items. All nursing homes that participated in the NNHS had at least three beds and were either certified (by Medicare or Medicaid) or had a state license to operate as a nursing home. The redesigned survey was administered using a computer-assisted personal interviewing (CAPI) system and included a supplemental survey of nursing assistants employed by nursing homes, the National Nursing Assistant Survey (NNAS), which was sponsored by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (APSE).

The National Nursing Home Survey provides information on nursing homes from two perspectives-that of the provider of services and that of the recipient of care. Data about the facilities include characteristics such as size, ownership, Medicare/Medicaid certification, services provided and specialty programs offered, and charges. For recipients, data were obtained on demographic characteristics, health status and medications taken, services received, and sources of payment.

Data for the survey were obtained through personal interviews with facility administrators and designated staff who used administrative records to answer questions about the facilities, staff, services and programs, and medical records to answer questions about the residents.

The total number of nursing home facilities that participated in NNHS is 1,174 and the total number of nursing assistants that participated in the National Nursing Assistant Survey is 3,017.

The 2004 National Nursing Home Survey (NNHS), conducted between August and December of 2004, was reintroduced into the field after a five-year break, during which time the survey was redesigned and expanded to collect many new data items. All nursing homes that participated in the NNHS had at least three beds and were either certified (by Medicare or Medicaid) or had a state license to operate as a nursing home. The redesigned survey was administered using a computer-assisted personal interviewing (CAPI) system. The National Nursing Home Survey provides information on nursing homes from two perspectives-that of the provider of services and that of the recipient of care. Data about the facilities include characteristics such as size, ownership, Medicare/Medicaid certification, services provided and specialty programs offered, and charges. For recipients, data were obtained on demographic characteristics, health status and medications taken, services received, and sources of payment.

Data for the survey were obtained through personal interviews with facility administrators and designated staff who used administrative records to answer questions about the facilities, staff, services and programs, and medical records to answer questions about the residents.

The total number of nursing home facilities that participated in NNHS is 1,174.

The 2010 National Survey of Residential Care Facilities (NSRCF) is a first-ever national probability sample survey that collects data on U.S. residential care providers, their staffs and services, and the people they serve. It is designed to provide national estimates of the number of residential care facilities operating in the United States, the number of residents receiving care, and the characteristics of both the facilities and their residents. NSRCF was conducted between March and November 2010. All residential care facilities that participated in the survey were places that were licensed, registered, listed, certified, or otherwise regulated by the state and that had 4 or more licensed, certified, or registered beds, provided room and board with at least two meals a day, around-the-clock on-site supervision, and help with personal care such as bathing and dressing or health related services such as medication management. These facilities served a predominantly adult population and had at least one current resident. Facilities licensed to serve the mentally ill or the developmentally disabled populations exclusively were excluded from the survey.

The NCHS National Post-acute and Long-term Care Study (NPALS) collects data on post-acute and long-term care providers every two years. The goal is to monitor post-acute and long-term care settings with reliable, accurate, relevant, and timely statistical information to support and inform policy, research, and practice. These data tables provide an overview of the geographic, organizational, staffing, service provision, and user characteristics of paid, regulated long-term and post-acute care providers in the United States. The settings include adult day services centers, home health agencies, hospices, inpatient rehabilitation facilities, long-term care hospitals, and nursing homes.

The 2010 National Survey of Residential Care Facilities (NSRCF) is a first-ever national probability sample survey that collects data on U.S. residential care providers, their staffs and
services, and the people they serve. It is designed to provide national estimates of the number of residential care facilities operating in the United States, the number of residents receiving care, and the characteristics of both the facilities and their residents. NSRCF was conducted between March and November 2010. All residential care facilities that participated in the survey were places that were licensed, registered, listed, certified, or otherwise regulated by the state and that had 4 or more licensed, certified, or registered beds, provided room and board with at least two meals a day, around-the-clock on-site supervision, and help with personal care such as bathing and dressing or health related services such as medication management. These facilities served a predominantly adult population and had at least one current resident. Facilities licensed to serve the mentally ill or the developmentally disabled populations exclusively were excluded from the survey.