The Department of Health requires nursing homes to complete electronic filing of each facility's licensed nursing home beds and availability by bed category on a weekly basis. All nursing homes are requested to submit their Weekly Bed Census between Wednesday and Friday of each week, based on the census at 12:00 AM on Wednesday night.
The Nursing Home Census historic data is the most comprehensive nursing home data available and is suitable for trending. Available Bed and Occupancy information is self-reported and is not audited by NYSDOH.