Advocat

Advocat Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides long-term care services to nursing center patients primarily in the southeast and southwest United States. It offers various non-institutional and institutional services, which include skilled nursing, ancillary health care services, and assisted living to the elderly. The company also provides rehabilitative, nutritional, respiratory, and other specialized ancillary services. As of December 31, 2008, Advocat operated 50 nursing centers consisting of 5,773 licensed nursing beds and 14 assisted living units. It has nursing centers in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, and West Virginia. The company was founded in 1994 and is based in Brentwood, Tennessee.