Segregation in the Lives of Tennesseans with Disabilities
Fact Sheet # 1: Nursing Homes

Where People Live:

Total number of nursing home facilities: 351
Total number with out of state ownership contacts: 100
Percent independently owned: 13
Percent Multi-facility owned: 67
Percent For-profit: 68
Percent Nonprofit: 22
Percent Government Operated: 10


Total Nursing Facility Residents in State 35,131
Total Beds in State 38,816

(Source: Facts & Trends 2001: The Nursing Facility Sourcebook American Health Care Association)

Tennesseans Who Live in Nursing Homes:

Are between the ages of 18 and 64 3,410
Are older than 64 years 33,583
Have a developmental disability 892

Live in Shelby Co. 4,187
Are between the ages of 18 and 64 523

Anyone in a nursing home may also have other disability labels such as mental illness, traumatic brain injury, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, etc. Seniors may live in a nursing home due to an age related disability.
(Source: U.S. Census 2000 & The State of the States in Developmental Disabilities: 2002 Study Summary by David Braddock, Richard Hemp, Mary Catherine Rizzolo, Susan Parish, and Amy Pomeranz)

How much segregation costs in Tennessee in 2001:

Medicaid Long Term Care Funds Spent on Nursing Home Care 784,000,000
Medicaid Long Term Care Funds Spent on All Home Care Options 4,000,000

(Data supplied by The MEDSTAT Group from HCFA 64, Office of State Agency Financial Management) 

(Source: STATE LONG-TERM CARE: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS AND POLICY DIRECTIONS by Barbara Coleman , Wendy Fox-Grange, Donna Folkemer, National Council of State Legislators, 2002. http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/forum/ltc/ltcmain.htm)