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State-supported nursing home caseload

State-Supported Nursing Home and Home & Community Services Caseloads

(average monthly)

Fiscal
Year
Nursing Home
Caseload
Home &
Community
Services
2023 7,596 62,657
2022 7,629 61,130
2021 7,969 60,571
2020 9,214 58,463
2019 9,635 56,240
2018 9,706 54,440
2017 9,775 52,619
2016 9,915 52,846
2015 10,032 51,577
2014 10,150 50,065
2013 10,231 49,034
2012 10,324 48,139
2011 10,596 46,038
2010 10,866 44,080
2009 10,993 41,779
2008 11,288 39,506
2007 11,767 38,094
2006 12,153 37,041
2005 12,310 35,481
2004 12,671 34,635
2003 13,168 33,727

Compared to Elderly Population

  • State-supported nursing home beds are limited by policy.
  • State-supported nursing home beds have not kept pace with the growth of the population aged 85 and above. However, increasingly the elderly population is being served by in-home, assisted care facilities, and community-based programs.
  • The population of those 85 and above will grow very quickly as the Baby Boom cohort ages.
  • The sharp decline in 85+ population in 2020 was likely caused by COVID-19 related deaths.

Data sources:

E-mail: OFM.Forecasting@ofm.wa.gov

Last updated
Tuesday, February 13, 2024
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