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State-Supported Nursing Home
and Home & Community Services Caseloads
(average monthly)

Fiscal Year	Nursing Home Caseload	Home & Community Services
2007	11,477	38,094
2006	11,924	37,041
2005	12,085	35,481
2004	12,446	34,635
2003	12,943	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
1997	14,992	23,119
1996	15,905	20,877
1995	16,645	-
1994	17,171	-
1993	17,445	-
1992	17,353	-
1991	17,190	-
1990	16,953	-

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State-Supported Nursing Home Caseload

Compared to Elderly Population

• The number of state-supported nursing home residents decreased despite the growth of the age 85-and-over 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 and community-based programs.

Data Sources:

• Office of Financial Management
• Caseload Forecast Council

Last modified: December 14, 2007
E-mail: OFM.Forecasting@ofm.wa.gov
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