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.

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