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Elderly Care Industry Statistics

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Elderly Care Industry Statistics
Samuel NorbergWritten by Samuel Norberg·Fact-checked by Maya Johansson
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01 Industry overview

The elderly care industry at a glance

The global elderly care market reached $1.9 trillion in 2025 and is expanding as the population aged 65 and older is projected to reach 1.6 billion by 2050.

$1.929T[81]
Global market size, 2025
7.9%[81]
Global CAGR, 2025–2030
3.50M[82]
U.S. industry jobs, 2026
1.6B[83]
People aged 65+, 2050
Market size
The global elderly care market was valued at $1,929.3 billion in 2025. The market includes independent community living, assisted living, nursing, in-home care, daycare, hybrid care and palliative care.[81]
Forecast & CAGR
The global market is forecast to reach $2,832.6 billion by 2030, representing a compound annual growth rate of 7.9% from 2025 to 2030.[81]
Market share & regions
North America was the largest regional market in 2025, according to The Business Research Company. Globally, the number of people aged 65 and older is projected to rise from 761 million in 2021 to 1.6 billion in 2050.[81][83]
Segmentation
The market is segmented by care type, including independent community living, assisted living, nursing, in-home care, daycare, hybrid care and palliative care; by duration into short-term and long-term care; and by end user into hospitals, elderly nursing homes, homecare and other providers.[81]
Key players & concentration
The U.S. market includes large national operators alongside many local providers. Brookdale Senior Living reported 647 communities across 41 states and capacity to serve approximately 58,000 residents as of December 31, 2024; the available source does not provide a reliable national market-share percentage.[84]
Pricing
In the United States, the 2024 annual median cost was $77,792 for a home health aide, $111,325 for a semi-private nursing-home room and $127,750 for a private nursing-home room. These figures are national medians and reflect different service settings.
Trends, drivers & challenges
Population ageing is the principal demand driver: the global population aged 65 and older is projected to more than double from 761 million in 2021 to 1.6 billion in 2050. In the United States, workforce availability remains a constraint; the Health Resources and Services Administration said BLS projected home health and personal care aide employment to grow 17% from 2024 to 2034, potentially slower than demand.[83][85]
Consumer behavior & competition
U.S. care is shifting toward home and community settings: the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported 4.3 million jobs in home- and community-based care industries in July 2024, compared with 3.3 million in institution-based industries. This structure supports competition among home-care agencies, residential communities, nursing facilities and integrated healthcare providers.[82]
M&A
Consolidation continues through portfolio transactions. Brookdale completed two previously announced portfolio acquisitions on February 27, 2025, completing a three-portfolio acquisition plan and increasing its real-estate ownership position.[84]
Regulation
U.S. Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes face the CMS minimum-staffing final rule issued on April 22, 2024. The rule establishes staggered minimum nurse-staffing requirements and a 24/7 registered-nurse requirement, with limited exemptions tied to workforce unavailability and other conditions.[18]
Latest news
In 2026, U.S. nursing and residential care employment reached approximately 3.50 million in August, according to preliminary BLS data. Employment in continuing care retirement communities and assisted living facilities for the elderly was approximately 1.02 million in the same month.[82]

02 Ranking

Top 10 Companies in the Elderly Care Industry

The leading companies in the elderly care industry, ranked on market impact, performance, momentum, innovation and brand popularity.

Updated November 11, 2026 · Next review December 11, 2026

Ranked by Overall score · How we score ↓

Editor's top 3 picks

Where to start, by need.

  1. #1 Overall · Leader in inpatient rehabilitation and post-acute care

    Encompass Health

    US

    Ranked #1 · 9.4 · Inpatient rehabilitation and post-acute care

    Why we picked it: It runs inpatient rehabilitation and post-acute care at a US scale of 179 rehabilitation hospitals.

    See in ranking ↓Visit encompasshealth.com ↗

  2. #2 overall

    Discovery Senior Living

    US

    Ranked #2 · 9.3 · Senior living, assisted living and memory care, US

    Why we picked it: It operates senior living, assisted living and memory care, with a 2026 ASHA 50 placement.

    See in ranking ↓Visit discoveryvillages.com ↗

  3. Leader in continuing care retirement communities

    Erickson Senior Living

    US

    Ranked #4 · 9.0 · Continuing care retirement communities

    Why we picked it: It delivers continuing care retirement community services to over 30,000 residents nationwide.

    See in ranking ↓Visit ericksonseniorliving.com ↗

Pick 1 is the #1 company overall. Pick 2 is the highest-ranked company in the top 5 that adds a new segment; no further segment places in the top 5, so pick 3 follows rank.

Full ranking

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Top 10 companies in the elderly care industry, 2026 – Gitnux ranking
#CompanyOverall ↓Company snapshot
1

Encompass Health

Inpatient rehabilitation and post-acute care · US

9.4
2

Discovery Senior Living

Senior living, assisted living and memory care, US · US

9.3
3

emeis

Nursing homes, assisted living and home care, Europe · FR

9.0
4

Erickson Senior Living

Continuing care retirement communities · US

9.0
5

Bupa

Aged care homes, villages and home care, global · GB

8.9
6

DomusVi

Senior housing, residential care and home care, Europe · FR

8.7
7

Clariane

Long-term care and specialty care, Europe · FR

8.4
8

Brookdale Senior Living

Independent living, assisted living and memory care, US · US

8.3
9

Amedisys

Home health, hospice and palliative care, US · US

8.0
10

Barchester Healthcare

Nursing and residential care homes, UK · GB

7.5

How we score

  • Impact (30%): scale and weight in the market (revenue, market share, employees, market position).
  • Performance (20%): recent revenue growth and operating margin; an analyst assessment where a company does not publish them.
  • Momentum (20%): growth trajectory and future potential.
  • Innovation (15%): R&D intensity and how technologically advanced the company is.

Popularity (brand search demand, 15%) counts toward Overall but is not published as a column. Overall leaves out what is not known.

Scale Scores are shown on a 7–10 scale with one decimal; bars start at 7.0.

Cadence Recalculated when new figures are published; next review December 11, 2026.

Independence. Rankings are editorially independent. Scores, ranks, picks and the verdict follow the method above; no company can pay to change them.

Cite this ranking

APA

Samuel Norberg. (2026, November 11). Top 10 companies in the elderly care industry. In Elderly Care Industry Statistics. Gitnux. https://gitnux.org/elderly-care-industry-statistics/#top-companies

report visual · Projection

U.S. nursing and residential care facilities employment at December year-end

U.S. nursing and residential care facilities employment at December year-end grew from 3.1M in 2020 to 3.4M in 2024.

3.1M count
Start
+2.03%
CAGR · 4y
3.4M count
Projected
20202024
source-verifiedbls.gov2024

04 Statistics

Technology & Innovation

Technology adoption shows measurable gaps: 4.5% of U.S. nursing and residential-care facilities used AI in 2025, up from 3.1% in 2023.

AI in the elderly care industry

  • 4.5% of U.S. nursing and residential-care facilities used AI in 2025, up from 3.1% in 2023.[1]
  • 35% of senior-living respondents ranked AI among their top five competitive differentiators in 2024.[2]
  • 22% of healthcare organizations had implemented domain-specific AI tools in 2025, while nursing communities adopted AI at about half that rate.[3]
  • 20% was the projected reduction in hospital admissions from a blockchain-and-AI elderly-care pilot in Brazil running from January 2025 to July 2026.[4]
  • 2.5% of Medicare beneficiaries with Alzheimer’s disease or related dementias received hospital care where hospitals reported no adoption of patient-related AI or machine-learning tools.[5]
  • 57% of senior-living organizations reported no current use or planned adoption of AI-enabled solutions in 2024.[2]

Automation in the elderly care industry

  • 63% of Japanese nursing homes used monitoring robots in the study’s later observation period.[6]
  • 16% of senior-living organizations invested in physical exercise and rehabilitation technologies other than typical occupational and physical therapy in 2024.[7]
  • 16% of senior-living organizations invested in automatic fall detectors in 2024.[7]
  • 26.7% of 4,688 Japanese long-term-care providers had adopted care robots in a three-year pooled study.[8]
  • 50.4% of Japanese nursing homes used monitoring robots in 2020, according to facility-level research.[6]
  • 9% of senior-living organizations invested in robotic process automation during the year covered by the 2024 technology-spending survey.[7]

Digital Transformation in the healthcare services sector (sector benchmark)

  • Among healthcare respondents to KPMG’s global technology survey, 49% were adopting DevSecOps approaches to adapt digital-transformation strategies.[9]
  • About 70% of surveyed healthcare executives said investing in technology platforms for digital tools and services would be important or very important in 2025.[10]
  • About 90% of surveyed global healthcare C-suite executives expected digital technology use to accelerate in 2025, including 50% anticipating a significant impact.[10]
  • Across U.S. non-federal acute care hospitals, 71% used predictive AI integrated into electronic health records in 2024.[11]
  • Across surveyed healthcare practitioners, 60% believed their organizations’ digital experiences met or exceeded customer needs in 2025.[12]

Technology Adoption in the healthcare services sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across U.S. non-federal acute care hospitals, 92% enabled patients to securely message providers in 2024.[11]
  • Across U.S. non-federal acute care hospitals, 96% enabled patients to download health information electronically in 2024.[11]
  • Across U.S. non-federal acute care hospitals, 84% enabled patients to transmit health information to a third party electronically in 2024.[11]
  • Across U.S. non-federal acute care hospitals, 70% enabled patient access through applications using HL7 FHIR specifications in 2024.[11]
  • Across U.S. non-federal acute care hospitals, 81% enabled patient access through applications using application-programming-interface specifications in 2024.[11]
  • Across U.S. non-federal acute care hospitals, 99% enabled patients to view health information electronically in 2024.[11]

Cloud Computing in the healthcare services sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across surveyed healthcare organizations globally, 8% reported minimal cloud adoption without formal strategy or governance at the end of 2025.[13]
  • Across surveyed healthcare organizations globally, 27% reported that cloud operations were well managed and integrated into overall IT strategy at the end of 2025.[13]
  • Across surveyed healthcare organizations globally, 31% had a formal cloud strategy and governance framework that was not yet integrated into IT strategy at the end of 2025.[13]
  • Across surveyed healthcare organizations globally, 18% had started adopting cloud services but lacked a comprehensive cloud strategy at the end of 2025.[13]
  • Across surveyed healthcare organizations globally, 15% reported that cloud adoption was fully integrated into business strategy at the end of 2025.[13]

Big Data in the healthcare services sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across Brazilian healthcare facilities conducting Big Data analytics, 65% used patient demographics, forms, or medical-record data in 2024.[14]
  • Across Brazilian healthcare facilities conducting Big Data analytics, 38% used geolocation data from mobile phones, wireless connections, or GPS in 2024.[14]

05 Statistics

Data & Analytics

Analytics depends on data quality and governance. In 2025, 72% of healthcare organizations operated governance using approved policy and standards frameworks.

Business intelligence in the elderly care industry

  • 49% of surveyed U.S. skilled-nursing and senior-care providers considered revenue-cycle management an important analytics area in 2021.[15]
  • 82% of surveyed U.S. skilled-nursing and senior-care providers used Microsoft Excel spreadsheets as an analytics tool in 2021.[15]
  • 81% of surveyed U.S. skilled-nursing and senior-care providers considered clinical analytics an important business area in 2021.[15]
  • 62% of surveyed U.S. skilled-nursing and senior-care providers used dashboards with real-time data in 2021.[15]
  • 81% of surveyed U.S. skilled-nursing and senior-care providers used analytics to identify trends in 2021.[15]
  • 62% of surveyed U.S. skilled-nursing and senior-care providers considered operations an important analytics area in 2021.[15]

Data analytics in the elderly care industry

  • 150+ clinical data elements were analyzed by the MatrixCare predictive-analytics algorithm for skilled-nursing care in 2021.[15]
  • 83% of surveyed U.S. skilled-nursing and senior-care providers expected analytics to improve quality measures in 2021.[15]
  • 96% of surveyed U.S. skilled-nursing and senior-care providers rated analytics as important or very important to their organizations over the following three to five years in 2021.[15]
  • 30% of surveyed U.S. skilled-nursing and senior-care providers considered predictive analytics valuable in a few ways in 2021.[15]
  • 60% of surveyed U.S. skilled-nursing and senior-care providers expected analytics to help reduce readmissions in 2021.[15]
  • 60% of surveyed U.S. skilled-nursing and senior-care providers expected analytics to help predict falls in 2021.[15]

Data Quality in the healthcare services sector (sector benchmark)

  • 75% of U.S. healthcare organizations represented in the survey predominantly used clinical registry data for quality and process improvement in 2024.[16]
  • 50% of U.S. healthcare clinical data abstractors reported that data inaccuracies hamper clinical registry efforts in 2024.[16]
  • 40% of U.S. healthcare clinical data abstractors reported that manual data entry hampers clinical registry efforts in 2024.[16]
  • 8% of U.S. healthcare organizations rated their provider data as excellent in 2022.[17]
  • 40% of U.S. healthcare clinical data abstractors reported that incomplete data hampers clinical registry efforts in 2024.[16]

Data Governance in the healthcare services sector (sector benchmark)

  • 72% of healthcare organizations operated governance using approved policy and standards frameworks in 2025.[17]
  • 39% of healthcare organizations reported having a formally chartered data-governance function in 2025.[17]
  • 10% of healthcare organizations managed data governance exclusively within IT in 2025.[17]
  • 66% of healthcare organizations reported multidisciplinary representation in governance, including patient or consumer representatives, in 2025.[17]
  • 77% of healthcare organizations reported that their governance functions met at least quarterly in 2025.[17]
  • 38% of healthcare organizations had formal data and information quality-management statements in 2025.[17]

KPIs in the elderly care industry

  • 9 areas of home-health performance were summarized by the U.S. Medicare Quality of Patient Care Star Rating in 2024.[18]
  • 7 quality measurements were used to compute the U.S. Medicare Home Health Quality of Patient Care Star Rating in 2024.[18]
  • 68 U.S. clinical leaders from assisted living, memory care, independent living and skilled nursing participated in the 2024 senior-living clinical leadership survey.[19]
  • 1 or 2 stars indicated below-average performance for U.S. home-health agencies on selected measures in 2024.[18]
  • 4 or 5 stars indicated above-average performance for U.S. home-health agencies on selected measures in 2024.[18]
  • 3 stars indicated good quality of care for U.S. home-health agencies under the Medicare rating system in 2024.[18]

06 Statistics

Strategy & Growth

Provider growth continues through deal activity and occupancy-linked revenue. Eighty percent of 2024 senior-living marketing teams cited new-resident acquisition as the primary objective.

Growth in the elderly care industry

  • Three senior-living community acquisitions added $8.1 million, or 7.3%, to Pennant Group revenue between September 30, 2023 and September 30, 2024.[20]
  • China’s for-profit elderly-care institution count increased nearly 51-fold between 2014 and 2023.[21]
  • China’s for-profit elderly-care bed capacity increased more than 26-fold between 2014 and 2023.[21]
  • Senior-living revenue at Pennant Group increased 15.7% year over year in the nine months ended September 30, 2024.[20]
  • Sonida Senior Living’s resident revenue rose 15.4% to $267.8 million in 2024 from $232.0 million in 2023.[22]
  • An 8.1% increase in average monthly revenue per occupied unit contributed to Pennant Group’s senior-living growth in the nine months ended September 30, 2024.[20]

Differentiation in the elderly care industry

  • 54% of home-care consumers ranked price as an important agency-selection factor in a 2025 survey.[23]
  • 47% of senior-living calls referred by ChatGPT were leads in Invoca’s 2026 benchmark, versus 31% for paid search and 29% for organic search.[24]
  • 47% of senior-living leads from display advertising converted on the call in Invoca’s 2026 benchmark.[24]
  • 45% of senior-living leads converted on the call when referred by ChatGPT in Invoca’s 2026 benchmark.[24]
  • 47% of senior-living leads from paid social converted on the call in Invoca’s 2026 benchmark.[24]
  • 30% of home-care consumers ranked responsiveness as an important agency-selection factor in a 2025 survey.[23]

Mergers and acquisitions in the elderly care industry

  • UnitedHealth Group’s proposed acquisition of Amedisys was valued at $3.3 billion before a U.S. antitrust challenge in 2024.[25]
  • 182 publicly announced seniors-housing and care acquisitions occurred in the United States in the fourth quarter of 2024.[26]
  • The acquisition of three senior-living communities added 7.3% to Pennant Group revenue between September 30, 2023 and September 30, 2024.[20]
  • $560 million was the disclosed value of National HealthCare Corporation’s 2026 acquisition of 35 National Health Investors facilities.[27]
  • $50.5 million was the disclosed value of National HealthCare Corporation’s 2026 acquisition of five nursing facilities.[27]
  • 14 senior-care M&A deals were recorded from 2025 through November 10, 2026, with disclosed transaction value totaling $610.5 million.[27]

Strategic partnerships in the elderly care industry

  • Family Eldercare and Vecino Group partnered to develop a 150-unit affordable senior-housing project in Austin, Texas, announced in 2025.[28]
  • Home-care services were available through third-party providers at most Sonida Senior Living communities in 2024.[22]
  • One Chinese integrated medical and elderly-care community operated a hospital with 99 beds under a public-private partnership model.[21]
  • Eight township nursing homes received regular on-site medical services through agreements with one Chinese hospital operator by the end of 2023.[21]
  • Colisee and Armonea formed a joint venture in 2019 to increase their weight in the Belgian elderly-care market.[29]

07 Statistics

People & Workforce

Labor remains a constraint across care settings. U.S. jobs in 2026 are 3.50M, and CNA vacancy in Kansas nursing homes was 8.3% in 2024.

Hiring in the elderly care industry

  • 772,000 direct-care jobs are projected to be added in the United States between 2024 and 2034.[30]
  • 70% of LeadingAge assisted-living providers reported a significant or severe workforce shortage in 2023.[31]
  • Almost all U.S. nursing-home providers surveyed in March 2024 reported open jobs and difficulty recruiting.[25]
  • 250,000 nursing-home employees, or about 15% of the workforce, were lost during the U.S. pandemic period.[28]
  • 92% of LeadingAge nursing-home members reported a significant or severe workforce shortage in 2023.[31]

Employee retention in the elderly care industry

  • CNA vacancy in Kansas nursing homes was 8.3% in 2024.[32]
  • Nursing-home workforce levels in 2025 remained 1.7% below early-2020 levels.[33]
  • CNA turnover in Kansas nursing homes was 54.2% in 2024.[32]
  • About 40% of assisted-living and skilled-nursing departures occurred within a new hire’s first 90 days in the latest Workforce Index.[34]
  • Temporary agency-staff usage in U.S. nursing homes fell about 44% from the fourth quarter of 2022 to 2025.[33]

Remote Work in the healthcare services sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across U.S. medical groups, 18% of leaders expected their organization’s share of remote or hybrid jobs to decrease during 2024.[35]
  • Across U.S. medical groups, 22% of leaders expected their organization’s share of remote or hybrid jobs to increase during 2024.[35]
  • Across U.S. medical groups, 52% reported that 1%–25% of their workforce worked remotely at least 50% of the time.[35]
  • Across U.S. health care and social assistance, 18% of full-time employees worked fully from home during December 2024–March 2025.[36]

Hybrid Work in the healthcare services sector (sector benchmark)

  • About 6% of U.S. healthcare jobs were hybrid in a 2024 Robert Half survey cited by the Medical Group Management Association.[35]
  • Across U.S. healthcare support roles, 14% had part-time remote availability, equivalent to hybrid availability, in the 2022 McKinsey American Opportunity Survey.[35]
  • About 12% of nonclinical healthcare administrative and customer-support jobs were hybrid in a 2024 Robert Half survey cited by the Medical Group Management Association.[35]
  • Across U.S. health care and social assistance, 24% of full-time employees were in hybrid arrangements during December 2024–March 2025.[36]
  • Across U.S. healthcare practitioners and technical roles, 16% had part-time remote availability, equivalent to hybrid availability, in the 2022 McKinsey American Opportunity Survey.[35]

Employee Engagement in the healthcare services sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across 2.3 million U.S. healthcare workers, employee engagement declined by 0.02 points in 2024.[37]
  • Among U.S. healthcare advanced practice providers, 52% felt heard in 2024.[37]
  • Across U.S. healthcare organizations, employee turnover fell from 20% to 18% in 2024.[37]
  • U.S. registered nurses with low teamwork scores were 1.53 times more likely to leave their healthcare organization in 2024.[37]
  • Across NHS staff, the national staff-engagement theme score was 6.64 in the second quarter of 2024/25.[38]

Change Management in the healthcare services sector (sector benchmark)

  • Among United Kingdom healthcare transformation studies, 67% reported successful transformation.[39]
  • Among 31 healthcare transformation studies excluding varied-success comparisons, 74% reported full success.[39]
  • Among Canadian healthcare transformation studies, 40% reported successful transformation and 60% reported either success or partial success.[39]
  • Across 36 healthcare transformation studies, 64% reported successful transformation, 6% reported partial success, and 17% reported unsuccessful transformation.[39]
  • Among U.S. healthcare transformation studies, 88% reported successful transformation.[39]

08 Statistics

Customer & Sales

Family experience metrics connect to retention behavior. A 3.1-to-3.9-star check-in rating had 5.0% of families moving out within 12 months.

Customer experience in the elderly care industry

  • Families reported an average of 1.1 unresolved problems at move-in, 1.7 during check-ins and 2.5 after move-out in senior-living interviews conducted from 2023 to 2026.[40]
  • 8.7% of families whose check-in rating was three stars or lower moved out within 12 months, compared with 3.5% among families rating communities 4.5 to 5 stars, in U.S. senior living.[40]
  • Community experience scores varied by 69 points between communities operated by the same senior-living company, according to Senior Living Alliance research.[40]
  • 55% of families reported at least one unresolved problem at move-in, compared with 71% during check-ins and 80% after move-out, in senior-living interviews conducted from 2023 to 2026.[40]
  • Families rating a senior-living community three stars or lower were 2.5 times as likely to move out within the next year as families giving ratings of 4.5 stars or higher.[40]

Customer retention in the elderly care industry

  • 3.5% of families giving a senior-living community a 4.5-to-5-star check-in rating moved out within 12 months in U.S. data collected from March 2023 through September 2025.[40]
  • 5.0% of families giving a senior-living community a 3.1-to-3.9-star check-in rating moved out within 12 months in U.S. data collected from March 2023 through September 2025.[40]
  • The Net Promoter Score fell from plus 22 at move-in to plus 8 after one to two years among senior-living residents and their families in research through October 2026.[40]
  • The Net Promoter Score fell to plus 2 after two or more years in a senior-living community, compared with plus 22 at move-in, according to interviews through October 2026.[40]
  • 4.3% of families giving a senior-living community a 4.0-to-4.4-star check-in rating moved out within 12 months in U.S. data collected from March 2023 through September 2025.[40]

Customer acquisition in the elderly care industry

  • 4.5 monthly move-ins were generated on average by a 100-unit U.S. senior-housing building in the first quarter of 2023, 27% higher than in March 2019.[41]
  • 58% to 62% of memory-care residents moved in within 30 days of inquiry in comparisons between 2019 and 2023 across U.S. senior housing.[41]
  • 43% to 49% of independent-living residents moved in within 30 days of inquiry in comparisons between 2019 and 2023 across U.S. senior housing.[41]
  • 44% of new leads became tours per month on average in the first quarter of 2023 for a typical 100-unit U.S. senior-housing building, up from 32 four years earlier.[41]
  • 57% to 56% of assisted-living residents moved in within 30 days of inquiry in comparisons between 2019 and 2023 across U.S. senior housing.[41]

Customer loyalty in the elderly care industry

  • The Net Promoter Score among senior-living families was plus 12 six to 12 months after move-in in interviews conducted through October 2026.[40]
  • The Net Promoter Score among senior-living families was close to zero after two years in a community, according to interviews conducted through October 2026.[40]
  • The Net Promoter Score among senior-living families was plus 22 at move-in in interviews conducted from 2021 through October 2026.[40]
  • The Net Promoter Score among families after moving out of a senior-living community was minus 21 in interviews conducted through October 2026.[40]

Lead generation in the elderly care industry

  • 65% of senior-living leads came from digital marketing, direct websites and paid referral sources in Aline data reported in 2023.[42]
  • The average U.S. 100-unit senior-housing building generated 44 leads per month in the first quarter of 2023.[41]
  • 30% of answered calls to in-home-care providers were leads in Invoca’s 2026 benchmark dataset.[24]
  • 28% of answered calls to senior-living providers were leads in Invoca’s 2026 benchmark dataset.[24]
  • 29% of answered calls to senior-care providers were leads in Invoca’s 2026 benchmark dataset covering in-home care and senior living.[24]

09 Statistics

Marketing & Brand

Marketing spend and channels drive lead generation. In 2024, 50% of senior-living survey respondents identified pay-per-click, paid search or display advertising as a focus.

Marketing in the elderly care industry

  • 49% of U.S. senior-living operators expected to increase marketing spending over the following 12 months in a survey conducted in late 2023 and early 2024.[42]
  • 50% of senior-living survey respondents identified pay-per-click, paid search or display advertising as a marketing focus in 2024.[42]
  • 80% of senior-living marketing survey respondents said new-resident acquisition was their primary business objective in 2024.[42]
  • 85% of senior-living marketing survey respondents identified social-media marketing platforms as a top marketing tool in 2024.[42]
  • 41% of senior-living survey respondents identified SEO as a marketing focus in 2024.[42]

Digital marketing in the elderly care industry

  • 21% of paid-social calls to senior-living providers were leads in Invoca’s 2026 benchmark dataset.[24]
  • 38% of senior-living operators reported using artificial-intelligence tools in 2025, up from 9% in 2024, according to Lifeloop data cited by NIC.[41]
  • 29% of calls from digital marketing to senior-care providers were leads in Invoca’s 2026 benchmark dataset.[24]
  • 44% of paid-search leads to senior-living providers converted during the call in Invoca’s 2026 benchmark dataset.[24]
  • 41% of digital-marketing leads to senior-care providers converted during the call in Invoca’s 2026 benchmark dataset.[24]

Branding in the elderly care industry

  • 27% of senior-living marketing teams published testimonial videos in a 2022 industry content-marketing survey.[43]
  • 78% of senior-living marketing teams were judged to be targeting audiences too broadly in a 2022 content-marketing study.[43]
  • 32% of senior-living marketing teams used creative campaigns in a 2022 industry content-marketing survey.[43]
  • 94% of senior-living executives surveyed backed content-marketing efforts with survey data, supporting credibility and brand positioning.[43]
  • 66% of senior-living marketing teams applied voice-of-the-customer survey data to differentiation and brand amplification in 2022.[43]

Social media in the elderly care industry

  • 65% of senior-living marketing teams used social media to distribute content in a 2022 industry survey.[43]
  • 72% of senior-living marketing survey respondents planned to increase their social-media presence in 2024.[42]
  • 40.8% was the increase in post comments and replies achieved by Watermark Retirement Communities in 2024 compared with 2023.[42]
  • 80% of senior-living marketing survey respondents said they were comfortable with social-media marketing platforms in 2024.[42]
  • 27.4% was the increase in post reactions and likes achieved by Watermark Retirement Communities in 2024 compared with 2023.[42]

Influencer Marketing in the healthcare services sector (sector benchmark)

  • 38% of posts from U.S.-focused health and wellness influencers promoted a product, service or subscription in 2026.[44]
  • 50% of healthcare and pharmaceutical marketers reported dedicated, growing creator/influencer budgets in 2026, compared with 58% globally.[45]
  • 92% of U.S.-focused health and wellness influencers included product or service promotions at least occasionally in 2026.[44]
  • 8.57 million influencer posts about the health industry generated a 1.07% average engagement rate globally in 2023.[46]
  • 33% of U.S.-focused health and wellness influencers promoted a product, service or subscription in more than half of their posts in 2026.[44]

10 Statistics

Operations & Execution

Operational performance is tightly linked to staffing and occupancy. Highest-performing quarters in 2024 reached 0.7 RN hours per resident day in U.S. skilled nursing facilities.

Process optimization in the elderly care industry

  • 56% was the nursing-staff turnover rate exceeded by the highest-turnover quarter of U.S. skilled nursing facilities in 2024.[47]
  • 0.7 RN hours per resident day was the staffing level achieved by the highest-performing quarter of U.S. skilled nursing facilities in 2024.[47]
  • 0.5 RN hours per resident day was the median staffing level in U.S. skilled nursing facilities in 2024.[47]
  • 43% was the average registered-nurse turnover rate in U.S. nursing homes over the latest reporting year shown on AARP’s dashboard.[48]
  • 0.5 administrator departures per facility was the U.S. nursing-home average over the latest reporting year shown on AARP’s dashboard.[48]

Operational efficiency in the elderly care industry

  • 80% was the approximate average U.S. nursing-home occupancy rate reported by AARP’s dashboard.[48]
  • 63% was the lowest state-level nursing-home occupancy rate reported by AARP, recorded in Oklahoma.[48]
  • 2.3 nurse-aide hours per resident day was the U.S. nursing-home average in AARP’s latest dashboard data.[48]
  • 84.8% was the national median occupancy rate for U.S. nursing homes in 2025.[49]
  • 3.9 nursing hours per resident day was the U.S. nursing-home average in AARP’s latest dashboard data.[48]

Quality management in the elderly care industry

  • 55% was the highest state-level registered-nurse turnover rate reported by AARP, recorded in Texas.[48]
  • 32% was the lowest state-level registered-nurse turnover rate reported by AARP, recorded in Hawaii.[48]
  • About 1.2 million people lived in approximately 14,700 U.S. nursing homes according to KFF’s 2026 analysis.[50]
  • About 5% of U.S. nursing-home deficiencies were classified at severity level 3 or 4, involving actual harm or immediate jeopardy, in CMS data analyzed by KFF in 2026.[50]
  • 3.4 total nursing hours per resident day was Texas’s average, the lowest state result reported by AARP.[48]

Supply chain in the elderly care industry

  • Inflation was the leading cost driver for assisted-living communities in the 2024 Genworth and CareScout survey.[51]
  • More than 15,000 provider surveys were completed for Genworth and CareScout’s 2024 U.S. long-term-care cost study.[52]
  • 140,000 long-term-care providers were contacted for Genworth and CareScout’s 2024 Cost of Care Survey, covering nursing homes, assisted living, adult day care and home care.[52]
  • Labor costs were the leading cost driver for home-care providers in the 2024 Genworth and CareScout survey.[51]
  • 10% was the 2024 increase in assisted-living and homemaker costs identified by Genworth and CareScout.[53]

Outsourcing / Offshoring in the healthcare services sector (sector benchmark)

  • 20% of U.S. medical-group leaders planned to outsource or automate some revenue-cycle-management activities in 2024, according to an MGMA poll with 262 responses.[35]
  • 18% of U.S. medical-group leaders planned to outsource or automate patient communications in contact centers in 2024, according to an MGMA poll with 262 responses.[35]
  • 29% of global healthcare providers used third-party providers for remote patient monitoring in 2024, based on a survey of 28 healthcare-provider executives.[54]
  • 54% of global healthcare providers used third-party providers for supply-chain services in 2024, based on a survey of 28 healthcare-provider executives.[54]
  • 46% of global healthcare providers used third-party providers for customer-experience services in 2024, based on a survey of 28 healthcare-provider executives.[54]

11 Statistics

Finance & Pricing

Pricing pressure is visible in U.S. medians. The 2024 annual median cost was $111,325 for a semiprivate nursing-home room and $127,750 for a private room.

Pricing strategy in the elderly care industry

  • $111,325 was the 2024 U.S. median annual price of a semiprivate nursing-home room.[52]
  • $127,750 was the 2024 U.S. median annual price of a private nursing-home room.[52]
  • $77,800 was the approximate 2024 U.S. median annual cost of a home-health aide, based on Genworth’s Cost of Care Survey.[55]
  • $305 was the 2024 U.S. average daily cost for a shared long-term-care facility room.[56]
  • 7% was the 2024 year-over-year increase in the U.S. median annual price of a semiprivate nursing-home room.[53]

Cost reduction in the elderly care industry

  • 67.1% was certified-nursing-assistant agency-staff turnover in U.S. nursing homes in 2023.[8]
  • 2.54% was the assumed annual inflation rate used in the federal long-term-care survey’s 20-year nursing-home cost projection.[57]
  • 46% was the median nursing-staff turnover rate in U.S. skilled nursing facilities in 2024, creating recurring recruitment, overtime and agency-cost exposure.[47]
  • 73.2% was housekeeping-staff turnover at one vertically integrated U.S. long-term-care organization reported in the literature.[8]
  • 64.6% was licensed-practical-nurse agency-staff turnover in U.S. nursing homes in 2023.[8]

Profitability in the elderly care industry

  • $127,750 was the 2024 U.S. median annual private nursing-home price used as a market revenue benchmark.[52]
  • 84.8% was the national median occupancy rate for U.S. nursing homes in 2025, a key driver of facility revenue utilization.[49]
  • 0.5 RN hours per resident day was the 2024 median staffing level in U.S. skilled nursing facilities, influencing care delivery costs.[47]
  • $111,325 was the 2024 U.S. median annual semiprivate nursing-home price used as a market revenue benchmark.[52]
  • $18,770 per day was the federal penalty cited for a three-day nursing-home violation period in a 2024 St. Louis case.[25]

Financial planning in the elderly care industry

  • $111,325 was the 2024 U.S. median annual cost of a semiprivate nursing-home room used in long-term-care financial planning.[52]
  • $127,750 was the 2024 U.S. median annual cost of a private nursing-home room used in long-term-care financial planning.[52]
  • $186,000 was the projected annual cost of a semiprivate nursing-home room in 20 years under a 2.54% annual inflation assumption.[57]
  • 6 insurers were identified as selling standalone long-term-care insurance policies in the U.S. in the cited 2025 overview.[56]
  • Approximately $75,500 was the 2024 U.S. median annual homemaker-service cost used in long-term-care financial planning.[55]

12 Statistics

Product & Service

Home-care purchasing behavior reflects trade-offs. About 50% of caregivers would adjust home-care hours if needs increased in 2026.

Product development in the elderly care industry

  • 25% of U.S. adults aged 50 and older identified data privacy as a major barrier when considering a new technology purchase in 2025.[48]
  • 66% of U.S. adults aged 50 and older agreed that technology enriches life and makes daily living and aging easier in 2025.[48]
  • 35% of U.S. adults aged 50 and older cited a preference for non-technology solutions as a barrier to using technology for health and well-being in 2025.[48]
  • 29% of U.S. adults aged 50 and older said they were unaware of available technology options for improving health in 2025.[48]
  • 55% of U.S. caregivers used at least one technology, such as motion sensors or remote patient monitoring, to coordinate care or track health in 2025.[48]

Product lifecycle in the elderly care industry

  • Nearly 50% of U.S. caregivers said they would adjust the number of home-care hours if their loved one's needs increased in 2026.[58]
  • 37% of U.S. caregivers said they would modify the types of home-care services if their loved one's needs increased in 2026.[58]
  • 21% of U.S. caregivers whose home-care arrangements changed said financial or budget considerations contributed to the change in 2026.[58]
  • 62% of U.S. caregivers actively searching for home care expected it to become a long-term or permanent solution in 2026.[58]
  • 24% of long-term U.S. home-care users said their family involvement decreased after professional care began in 2026.[58]

After-sales in the elderly care industry

  • 86% of U.S. caregivers were confident before hiring home care that it would meet their loved one's needs in 2026.[58]
  • About 70% of long-term U.S. home-care users were very satisfied with their primary caregiver's professionalism, reliability, communication, training, consistency and compassion in 2026.[58]
  • 18% of U.S. families who discontinued home care said the care received did not justify its cost in 2026.[58]
  • 31% of U.S. families who discontinued home care were very satisfied with consistency of care in 2026.[58]
  • 33% of U.S. families who discontinued home care were very satisfied with caregiver reliability in 2026.[58]

Value proposition in the elderly care industry

  • 36% of U.S. family caregivers cited affordability as a reason for choosing or considering home care in 2026.[58]
  • 59% of U.S. caregivers expected home care to reduce stress for family members in 2026.[58]
  • 28% of U.S. family caregivers cited the need for part-time assistance as a reason for choosing or considering home care in 2026.[58]
  • 67% of U.S. caregivers expected home care to improve their loved one's quality of life in 2026.[58]
  • 70% of U.S. caregivers expected home care to help their loved one remain living at home in 2026.[58]

13 Statistics

Sustainability & Ethics

Environmental and resident-rights signals appear alongside cost and compliance themes. In 2022, 1.08 kg of waste per nursing-home bed per day was generated in Flanders.

Sustainability in the elderly care industry

  • 9 SSAFE chapters contributed focus-group evidence to recommendations for environmental sustainability plans in senior-living communities.[59]
  • 1.08 kg of waste per nursing-home bed per day was generated in Flanders in 2022.[60]
  • 42% of healthcare-sector waste in Flanders came from nursing homes in 2024, making them the largest sectoral source in the region.[61]
  • 140,000 gallons of potable water are saved annually by the graywater-reuse system at Aegis Living Lake Union, a 77-unit assisted-living community in Seattle.[62]
  • 3.7 kg was the average waste generation figure reported for Irish community nursing units and nursing homes.[63]

Ethics in the elderly care industry

  • 19% of residential-care communities received quarterly routine ombudsman visits in fiscal year 2022.[64]
  • 47% of nursing homes received quarterly routine ombudsman visits in fiscal year 2022.[64]
  • 1.7 resident-rights citations per survey was New Jersey’s average in the task force’s review of 2022 survey data.[65]
  • 70% of more than 180,000 long-term-care ombudsman complaints in fiscal year 2022 were made by or on behalf of nursing-home residents.[64]
  • 10.4% of U.S. nursing facilities were cited for abuse, neglect, exploitation or misappropriation under F600 in 2022.[65]

Circular economy in the elderly care industry

  • 336 grams of lunch leftovers per resident per day were recorded in the German nursing-home kitchen study.[66]
  • 63% of nursing-home waste in Flanders was residual waste in 2022.[60]
  • 45% of meals remained as leftovers in a six-week study of six German nursing-home kitchens.[66]
  • 97% of medical waste from Flemish nursing homes and hospitals was incinerated in 2022.[60]
  • 20.6% was the total food-waste rate reported for a residential aged-care study conducted by Malefors and colleagues.[8]

Carbon footprint in the elderly care industry

  • 140,000 gallons of potable-water demand are avoided annually through graywater reuse at Aegis Living Lake Union, reducing its operational environmental footprint.[62]
  • 4.4% of overall national greenhouse-gas emissions came from health systems on average across OECD countries in 2018.[67]
  • 6% of health-sector emissions on average across OECD countries came from nursing homes in 2018.[67]

15 Statistics

Globalization & Expansion

Cross-border scale shows up in beds and ownership structures. China’s for-profit elderly-care institutions operated 1,055,742 beds at the end of 2023.

Globalization in the elderly care industry

  • 95% of German elderly-care ownership was private in 2021, compared with 50% in France and 97% in the United Kingdom.[74]
  • The top five for-profit operators held 33% of Belgium’s elderly-care market in 2021, compared with 5% in the Netherlands.[74]
  • 100% of Dutch elderly-care ownership was private in 2021, while Belgium recorded 70% private ownership.[74]
  • China’s for-profit elderly-care institutions operated 1,055,742 beds at the end of 2023, more than 26 times the 2014 level.[21]
  • 23 countries hosted ORPEA care homes over the 20 years to 2023, reflecting the international expansion of a major European elderly-care operator.[29]

Supplier management in the elderly care industry

  • 5% of participating U.S. long-term-care executives considered group-purchasing-organization alignment when selecting nonclinical suppliers in a 2026 procurement survey.[1]
  • More than 19,000 nursing homes, assisted-living facilities and other senior-care providers were served by HPSI’s senior-living procurement platform in 2026.[75]
  • About $3 billion of products per year were moved through Direct Supply’s DSSI e-procurement system serving senior-living facilities in the United States.[76]

Stakeholder management in the elderly care industry

  • U.S. direct-care workers earned an average of $16.72 per hour in 2023, according to PHI data cited in reporting on the care workforce.[25]
  • 63 million Americans provided unpaid care to an older adult or a person with a chronic health condition, according to U.S. caregiver estimates.[76]
  • More than one-quarter of an estimated 4 million U.S. direct-care workers were foreign born, affecting workforce and stakeholder management in elderly care.[25]
  • Pennsylvania family caregivers were estimated to provide $32.5 billion in unpaid care during 2025, illustrating the economic scale of family stakeholders.[28]
  • The U.S. elderly-care industry added about 1.5 million direct-care workers between 2012 and 2022, according to an analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data.[25]

Distribution channels in the elderly care industry

  • 24% of California home-care employers used online channels to find care providers in 2021.[77]
  • 52% of California home-care employers found care providers through friends or family, making personal referrals the leading recruitment channel in 2021.[77]
  • 28% of California home-care employers used employment agencies to find care providers in 2021.[77]
  • 14% of California home-care employers found care providers through healthcare-provider referrals in 2021.[77]

16 Statistics

Regional markets

The elderly care industry in Japan

  • 520,612 home-visit care workers were employed in Japan in 2024, while day-care services employed 221,372 care workers.[78]
  • 13,752 long-term-care insurance facilities operated in Japan in 2024, including 8,621 welfare facilities, 4,214 health-care facilities and 917 medical-care facilities.[78]
  • Japan is projected to require approximately 2.40 million care workers in fiscal 2026 and 2.72 million in fiscal 2040.[78]
  • 6,104,030 people received long-term-care services in Japan in 2024, including 4,257,933 home-care users and 945,633 facility-care users.[78]
  • 2,126,227 care workers were employed in Japan’s elderly-care services as of October 1, 2024.[78]

The elderly care industry in China

  • 406,000 elderly-care institutions and facilities operated across China at the end of 2024, providing 7.993 million beds.[79]
  • 58.9% of nursing beds in China’s elderly-care institutions were classified as nursing beds at the end of 2023, and nearly 90% of institutions could provide medical and health-care services.[80]
  • 40,000 registered elderly-care institutions operated in China at the end of 2024, with 5.077 million beds.[79]

Key questions about the elderly care industry

What is the current global market size for elderly care?
The global elderly care market was valued at $1,929.3 billion in 2025, reaching $1.929T.
How fast is the global elderly care market expected to grow?
The market is forecast to reach $2,832.6 billion by 2030, a 7.9% compound annual growth rate from 2025 to 2030.
How is technology shifting in elderly care?
In 2025, 4.5% of U.S. nursing and residential-care facilities used AI, up from 3.1% in 2023; 57% of senior-living organizations reported no current use or planned adoption of AI-enabled solutions in 2024.
What does the market structure look like across providers?
The U.S. includes large national operators alongside many local providers, while the market spans independent community living, assisted living, nursing, in-home care, daycare, hybrid care and palliative care.
What staffing or regulation pressures affect operating costs?
CMS’s April 22, 2024 minimum-staffing final rule establishes staggered minimum nurse-staffing requirements and a 24/7 registered-nurse requirement, with limited exemptions tied to workforce unavailability and other conditions.
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