Welcome to LTC Intel: A New Way to Understand Long-Term Care Performance

Helping LTC Facilities Improve Resident Care

Today marks a meaningful step forward for long-term care leaders, advocates, researchers, and families. I am excited to introduce LTC Intel, a project built to make long-term care data easier to understand and easier to use. The goal is simple. Support safer environments, stronger decisions, and better quality of life for the residents who depend on these care settings every day.

LTC Intel was created to solve a familiar challenge. There is so much information available about long-term care. Staffing levels, survey findings, quality measures, penalties, ownership structures, and more. Yet most people do not have the time or tools to pull this information together in a clear and useful way. Facilities work hard to improve care. Advocates and policymakers want accurate insights. Families want transparency. And many organizations rely on this data to design programs and support improvement.

LTC Intel takes these complex federal datasets and turns them into clear, independent intelligence. The reports do not judge or label any facility. They also do not list names. Instead, the focus stays on understanding statewide patterns, identifying where systems are improving, and spotting areas that need more attention. The heart of this work is resident safety and quality of life. Data becomes more meaningful when we use it to support the people living and working inside these buildings.

The flagship Oregon statewide report is now available. It brings together multiple CMS datasets, organizes them into an accessible format, and explains what the numbers mean in everyday terms. Leaders can see statewide staffing trends, turnover patterns, quality measure performance, deficiency categories, and enforcement actions. These insights can help guide local planning, training investments, QAPI priorities, or strategic decisions. They can also support journalists, researchers, and advocacy groups working to improve the system as a whole.

This first report is only the beginning. More states will follow. Individual facility reports will also be available to organizations that want deeper insight into their own patterns, strengths, and opportunities. These facility-level views will be created by request to make sure every report is accurate, up to date, and tailored to the needs of the organization reviewing it.

What matters most is that the information is useful and can help improve quality of care for our long-term care residents. Long-term care is a challenging environment. Leaders are balancing staffing shortages, regulatory pressure, rising resident acuity, and growing public expectations. Clear and accessible intelligence can help bring clarity to those pressures. It can show what is working, where the gaps are forming, and how each part of the system fits into the larger picture.

Thank you for being here at the beginning. This project was created for the people who care deeply about the well-being of residents and the future of long-term care. I hope LTC Intel becomes a valuable resource as you continue your work to build safer, stronger, and more supportive environments for residents and the staff who serve them.

More updates are coming soon, including additional insights, new state releases, and ongoing educational posts. Next, we will take a closer look at antimicrobial resistance and what facilities can do right now to strengthen infection prevention practices.

If you would like to explore the first report, you can visit the Reports section on the website. And if you have ideas for future topics or questions you’d like answered, I would love to hear them. Please contact us.

Welcome to LTC Intel. We’re glad you are here.

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