26% Of Nursing Home Residents In New Jersey Have I/DD, Five Percentage Points Higher Than National Average
The percentage of New Jersey residents with intellectual/developmental disability (I/DD) who live in nursing homes was five percentage points higher than the national average, at 26.07% to 21.32% from the first quarter of 2020 to the third quarter of 2022. New Jersey’s average was higher than the national average in every quarter. The number of residents with I/DD living in a nursing home is likely undercounted, according to Disability Rights New Jersey, because the state has not collected and maintained complete, consistent, and accurate data on this population.
During the first six months of . . .