U.S. News Nursing Home Rankings: Fewer Than 20% Evaluated as ‘Best,’ as Staffing Levels Fall Short

Skilled Nursing News November 12, 2024
Amy Stulick

Fewer than 20% of evaluated nursing homes made the list of “Best Nursing Homes” in U.S. News & World Report’s 2025 Best Nursing Homes rankings, out of nearly 15,000 facilities in the country. This includes those providing short-term rehabilitation, long-term care, or both.

And, nearly half of nursing homes didn’t comply with federal regulation to provide at least eight registered nurse staffing hours every day of the year, U.S. News found in its rankings released on Tuesday. The average nursing home had 15 days of inadequate staffing.

Staffing levels overall continue to be a major challenge for nursing homes across the country, said Ben Harder, chief of health analysis and managing editor at U.S. News.

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