Residents of residential care communities are people who cannot live independently but generally do not require the skilled care provided by nursing homes. On any given day in 2020, an estimated 818,800 residents lived in residential care communities (1,2). With the aging of the population, the number of people living in residential care communities will likely increase, creating a sizeable group within the long-term care population. This report presents national estimates of selected characteristics of residential care community residents in 2020 and compares these characteristics by community size.
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