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63%
63% -- share of communities reporting shortage for US assisted living communities (2026)
According to AHCA/NCAL's 2026 workforce reporting, 63% of assisted living communities report a shortage.
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63%
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Data Vintage
2026
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Evidence Quality
B
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Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
AHCA/NCAL
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Tier C
https://inertiadigital.marketing/what-are-the-challenges-to-recruiting-clinical-staff-with-digital-m… ↗
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Nurse Recruitment Marketing for Senior Living | Inertia
Clinical hiring in senior living means four roles, mostly: registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, certified nursing assistants, and med techs (called CMAs, CMTs or QMAs depending on the state). They are the roles that decide whether a community can admit a resident, and they are the hardest t…
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AHCA/NCAL workforce reporting, cited by secondary source
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US assisted living communities: 63% share of communities reporting shortage. Source: AHCA/NCAL (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/assisted-living-staff-shortage-2026
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/assisted-living-staff-shortage-2026" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>63%</strong> -- share of communities reporting shortage for US assisted living communities<br><small>Source: AHCA/NCAL (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/assisted-living-staff-shortage-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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