Overwhelming majority of nursing home residents have positive experience

A total of 53 nursing homes took part, from across the country and it included public, private and voluntary providers. In total, 1,055 residents were invited to participate in the National Nursing Home Experience Survey, while 718 took part.

The overwhelming majority of residents of nursing homes had a positive experience there, with a major new survey also showing that their families were broadly in agreement.

Just 10% of residents in the first National Nursing Home Experience Survey said they had a poor overall experience, ranging from not liking the food served to not having a staff member to talk to about their worries and fears or being as involved as they wanted to be in decisions about their care and support.