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Long-term Care and COVID-19
The NCHS National Post-acute and Long-term Care Study (NPALS) collects data on long-term care every two years for all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The goal is to monitor the diverse post-acute and long-term care fields. The 2020 survey provided an opportunity to collect COVID-19-related data for residential care communities and adult day services centers, important long-term care settings. These data are not available from other data systems. Select a setting below to view figures related to experiences of COVID-19 from January 2020 through mid-July 2021, including the number of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths among users and staff, practices taken to reduce COVID-19 exposure and transmission, and personal protective equipment (PPE) shortages.
As of 09/12/2022, these estimates were updated using final 2020 data and present information about COVID-19 experiences from January 2020 through mid-July 2021. The prior estimates were based on preliminary data (representing information from January 2020 through March 2021). If you used or downloaded data prior to 09/12/2022 we recommend that you update those estimates with the current data, as some estimates may have changed.
Topics covered in these figures include the number of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths among residents and staff, practices taken to reduce COVID-19 exposure and transmission, and personal protective equipment (PPE) shortages. The figures can display different groups depending on the measure of interest.
Topics covered in these figures include the number of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths among participants and staff, practices taken to reduce COVID-19 exposure and transmission, and personal protective equipment (PPE) shortages. The figures can display different groups depending on the measure of interest.