Residential Care Community Resident Characteristics: United States, 2022.

Abstract

Introduction: This report contains the most recent national estimates of selected characteristics of adult day services center participants.

Methods: Data are from the adult day services center component of the 2022 wave of the biennial National Post-acute and Long-term Care Study. Data analyses excluded missing data, incorporated complex survey weights, and were performed using Stata/SE version 17.0.

Key findings: In 2022, 58% of adult day services center participants were female, 40% were White non-Hispanic, and 32% were younger than age 65. Most participants were Medicaid users. About 61% of participants needed assistance with three to six activities of daily living and had two or more chronic conditions.