Long-Term Care Administrator’s Week is March 11-15, 2024. To celebrate this week, let’s look at some facts and figures about nursing home administrators in Alabama!
- 1969 – Alabama Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators established by state statute. The first licenses were issued in 1970.
- 2,332 people have earned an Alabama nursing home administrator license.
- Approximately 500 people are currently licensed as nursing home administrators in Alabama.
- 24 hours of continuing education is required annually to maintain an Alabama nursing home administrator license.
- 59 Alabama nursing home administrators are certified preceptors to mentor Administrators-in-Training who are pursuing a license.
- Up to 2,000 hours – length of the Administrator-in-Training program depending on the applicant’s educational background.
- 7 board members for the Alabama Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators. All are appointed by the Governor of Alabama.
Those statistics are from the Alabama Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators.
Long-Term Care Administrator’s Week is an annual observance organized by the American College of Health Care Administrators. It is a time to recognize the contributions of nursing home and assisted living administrators.
You are encouraged to post your stories and photos to social media to recognize your long-term care administrator. Remember to use the hashtag #LTCAWeek24.
