In 2014, there were 1,451 long-term care facilities registered with the Brazilian Ministry of Citizenship (Camarano & Barbosa, n.d.). Approximately 33% of these institutions are philanthropic, 64% are private, and 6.6% are public or mixed. No information about the number of beds was found. It has been mentioned by the Ministry which regulates care homes in Brazil that there are several care homes who are currently ‘clandestine’ or unregistered nationally (CNMP, 2016). Moreover, the Ministry of Health webpage shows the distribution of officially registered care homes around the country and indicates a higher concentration of these institutions in the South and South-Eastern regions.

References:

Camarano, A. A., & Barbosa, P. (n.d.). Instituições de Longa Permanência para Idosos no Brasil: Do que se está falando? (pp. 479–514). Retrieved July 17, 2019, from http://repositorio.ipea.gov.br/bitstream/11058/9146/1/Institui%C3%A7%C3%B5es%20de%20longa%20perman%C3%AAncia.pdf

CNMP. (2016). Manual de Atuação Funcional—O Ministério Público na Fiscalização das Instituições de Longa Permanência para Idosos—Conselho Nacional do Ministério Público. https://www.cnmp.mp.br/portal/publicacoes/245-cartilhas-e-manuais/9984-manual-de-atuacao-funcional-o-ministerio-publico-na-fiscalizacao-das-instituicoes-de-longa-permanencia-para-idosos