Residential care communities provide housing for persons who cannot live independently but generally do not require the skilled care provided by nursing homes. On any given day in 2018, an estimated 918,700 residents lived in residential care communities (1,2). With the aging of the U.S. population, the numbers of residential care community residents will likely increase, becoming a substantial segment of the long-term care population. This report presents national estimates of selected characteristics of residential care community residents in 2018.
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