State-supported nursing home caseload
State-Supported Nursing Home and Home & Community Services Caseloads
(average monthly)
| Fiscal Year |
Nursing Home Caseload |
Home & Community Services |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 9,689 | 55,479 |
| 2017 | 9,543 | 53,654 |
| 2016 | 9,765 | 52,539 |
| 2015 | 9,999 | 51,662 |
| 2014 | 10,119 | 50,104 |
| 2013 | 10,231 | 49,057 |
| 2012 | 10,324 | 48,143 |
| 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 |
| 2002 | 13,154 | 32,213 |
| 2001 | 13,518 | 30,919 |
| 2000 | 13,782 | 29,319 |
| 1999 | 14,081 | 27,567 |
| 1998 | 14,644 | 25,675 |
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.
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Last modified: January 8, 2019
E-mail: OFM.Forecasting@ofm.wa.gov
