Advocat, with its corporate office located in Brentwood, Tenn., provides long-term care services to nursing home patients and residents of assisted living facilities, in nine states, primarily in the Southeast. It focuses on its more than 40 nursing centers, offering over 4,500 beds, with the objective of becoming the provider of choice, with health care and related services to the elderly. The company provides a broad range of long-term care services, including skilled nursing, ancillary health care services and assisted living. In addition to the nursing and social services usually provided in long-term care centers, Advocat offers a variety of rehabilitative, nutritional and respiratory care services.