Company and Organization

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

COMPANY AND ORGANIZATION

COMPANY AND ORGANIZATION

Advocat Inc. (together with its consolidated subsidiaries, “Advocat” or the “Company”) provides long-term care services to nursing center patients in eight states, primarily in the Southeast and Southwest. The Company’s centers provide a range of health care services to their patients and residents. In addition to the nursing, personal care and social services usually provided in long-term care centers, the Company’s nursing centers offer a variety of comprehensive rehabilitation services as well as nutritional support services.

As of December 31, 2012, the Company’s continuing operations consist of 48 nursing centers with 5,538 licensed nursing beds. The Company owns eight and leases 40 of its nursing centers. The nursing center and licensed nursing bed count includes 90 beds at the Company’s recently opened West Virginia nursing center. This new nursing center is licensed to operate by the state of West Virginia and obtained its Medicare and Medicaid certifications in the first quarter of 2012. During the Medicare and Medicaid certification process, the nursing center had limited the number of patients it accepted. The nursing center and licensed nursing bed count also includes the 88-bed skilled nursing center in Clinton, Kentucky for which the Company entered into a lease agreement in April 2012. The Company had limited its number of patients while it completed the Medicare certification process which was obtained in the fourth quarter of 2012. The Medicaid certification for the Clinton, Kentucky center was obtained in the first quarter of 2013. The nursing center and licensed nursing bed count also includes the recently leased 154-bed skilled nursing center in Louisville, Kentucky that the Company has operated since September 24, 2012. The Company's continuing operations include centers in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia.