Alaska provides the most hours of daily care to nursing home residents in the U.S., while Illinois offers the least, data from a quarterly Long Term Care Community Coalition report shows.
The nonprofit organization's quarterly report was published March 3. Data within the report includes every state that contains facility-level data on: nurse staff levels, important non-nursing staff levels, contract workers and summary staffing data at state, CMS regional, and national levels.
Staff hours per resident day is a staffing metric calculated by dividing a nursing home's daily staff hours by its minimum data set census.
Places in the U.S. with the highest staff hours per resident day:
1. Alaska - 5.61 hours
2. Oregon - 4.72 hours
3. Hawaii - 4.48 hours
4. North Dakota - 4.45 hours
5. Maine - 4.3 hours
Places in the U.S. with the lowest staff hours per resident day:
1. Illinois - 2.98 hours
2. Missouri - 2.99 hours
3. Texas - 3.3 hours
4. Virginia - 3.32 hours
5. Georgia - 3.38 hours