1.4 million — Current number of people who are living in U.S. nursing homes,1
20,673 — Complaints of abuse, gross neglect, and exploitation on behalf of nursing home and “board and care” residents in 2003. 2
1 in 14 — Number of incidents of elder abuse reported to authorities. 3
90% — Percentage of U.S. nursing homes with staffing levels too low to provide adequate care. 4
Profit Motives and Care in the Nursing Home Industry$75 billion — State and federal financing of nursing home industry in 2006. 5
$34 billion — Contribution of nursing home residents and their families in 2001. 6
$3.4 billion — Suspicious accounting transactions identified by U.S. News & World Report in 2000. 7
31% — Extent to which deficiencies in care in for-profit nursing homes was higher than in non-profit nursing homes in 2006. 8
16% — Drop in nurse assistants’ hours per resident day. 9
$1.2 million — Amount Veena Ahjua, operator of a 314-bed New York nursing home, paid herself in 2000. 10
1 million — 2006 Salary of Genesis HealthCare Corporation CEO, George V. Hager, Jr. 11
$23,193 — Median annual salary of a Certified Nurse Assistant 2008. 12
4.55 — Recommended minimum hours of direct nursing care per resident per day. 13
3.7 — Actual hours of direct nursing care per resident per day. 14
