Nursing Home Beds Are Disappearing. That’s a Problem. — SkimNews
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- ArchCare cut capacity at its San Vicente de Paúl Nursing Home in the South Bronx from 120 beds to 53 and has not admitted a patient since December 2024.
- ArchCare's Staten Island facility shut down a full floor, while its Ferncliff Nursing Home in Dutchess County contracted from 309 beds to 196.
- Across ArchCare's eight nursing homes, there are 269 fewer usable beds than 18 months ago — a nearly 12 percent decline — and the nonprofit now maintains waiting lists for long-term care patients.
- New York State has lost 24 nursing homes since 2020, eliminating more than 3,000 licensed beds, according to LeadingAge.
- The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services certified 15,648 nursing facilities in 2015; a decade later, that number had fallen by more than 900.
- The oldest baby boomers are turning 80 this year — the age at which long-term care need climbs sharply — prompting researchers to warn the supply contraction is arriving just as demand spikes.
Why it matters: ArchCare's near-12 percent capacity cut in 18 months and New York's loss of 24 facilities and 3,000-plus beds since 2020 show supply contracting right as demand is about to surge. Patients seeking nursing-home placement face shrinking options and growing waiting lists precisely at the age when the oldest boomers most need long-term care.
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