Nursing Home COVID-19 Dashboard

AARP Public Policy Institute’s Nursing Home Dashboard has tracked and analyzed COVID-19 case, death, and vaccination data since 2020. The Dashboard’s findings reveal a distressing trend among both nursing home residents and staff: not everyone is vaccinated and not everyone is “up to date” with boosters.

During the 2020-2021 flu season, adults 65 and older for the first time surpassed a certain flu vaccination goal, and by a significant margin

As the virus spreads, uptake of booster shots is lagging, particularly in certain states.

Two years of the COVID-19 public health crisis have clarified the steps needed to establish a more secure future for all.

The message from recent data is clear: nursing home residents and staff need booster shots now.

The pandemic has changed the way we think of long-term care, and if we lean into the crisis-earned set of lessons learned, we can do more than just tweak the system. We can transform it.