As people live longer, the demand for care for older people has reached an all-time high, raising widespread concerns about the growing ability to care for older people. These anxiety are only exacerbated by an increase in health problems among older adults during the winter.
A study conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation analyzed the number of residents by state in nursing and care facilities to identify states with optimal and worst level of competency for elderly care. This study calculated the number of certified beds for care homes per state based on the number of facilities in each state and the average number of beds per facility. This identified capacity for capacity compared to the number of residents by state for nursing and care facilities.
Alaska has been found to be the worst condition for care for seniors, and its nursing and care facilities are approaching overcapacity. There were 114.56 beds per 100 people, serving 834 beds with a total of 728 care home residents.
Second followed was West Virginia, with 115.93 beds per 100 people. West Virginia has reported 10,726 certified beds for 9,252 care home residents.
The third was New York, with 116.30 beds per 100 residents. The figure represents 112,655 certified beds for 96,866 residents in total. The fourth ranking was North Dakota, reporting 116.47 beds per 100 residents. This has resulted in 5,244 beds for 4,502 nursing and nursing home residents.
Finishing the top five was Florida, with 117.41 beds per 100 residents. In total, this amounted to 84,476 beds for 71,948 residents.
“Economic, healthcare and staffing challenges, along with demographic disparities, can be factors that affect states that struggle most to care for older people. The worst case scenario of elderly care Many ranked states have some of the largest elderly populations, which means that demand is more intense, so resources are thinner. What’s more, one of the most populous states, such as New York, California, and Florida. Departments have high living costs that can complicate operational costs and hinder the expansion of care facilities. As a result, these states are home to large elderly people, but high demand and cost pressures. may have a limited capacity per capita,” said Robert Kalichev, personal injury lawyer at Winning Law.
