State of Assisted Living Calendar Year 2023

2023 State of Assisted Living Report

Last week, the Wisconsin Division of Quality Assurance/Bureau of Assisted Living released its annual State of Assisted Living report. As we mentioned last week, the report includes the following:

• There are 4,005 assisted living facilities in Wisconsin
• Residential Care Apartment Complexes (RCAC): 366
• Community Based Residential Facilities (CBRF): 1,558
• Adult Family Homes, 3-4 beds (AFH): 2,081
• 148 assisted living facilities voluntarily closed in 2023 which includes 9 licensure revocations
• In 2023, there were 2,409 complaints filed with DQA
• RCAC: 296
• CBRF: 1,700
• AFH: 413
• 28% of assisted living providers had at least 1 complaint filed against them whereas 72% had no complaints against them
• 46% of the complaints were substantiated and 54% were unsubstantiated
• There were 1,248 surveys that had an enforcement action
• 21% of providers had an enforcement action whereas 79% had no enforcement action

DQA also provided information as it relates to reports against caregivers:

• There were 7,097 reports filed of which 76% were self-reported by a provider:
• RCAC: 140
• CBRF: 1,115
• AFH: 379
• Nursing Home: 3,681

View the State of Assisted Living Report here.