Abstract Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate the adequacy of hypertension management in hypertensive elderly living in long-term-care facilities compared with home-living elderly. Methods This retrospective, cross-sectional, pharmacoepidemiological study compared data from a communitydwelling population (CD) and from four nursing homes (NH) in Dresden, Germany. Individuals aged ≥65 with the diagnosis of arterial hypertension were included. Demographical, medical, and drug prescription data as well as blood pressure (BP) values were analyzed and compared descriptively after matching the populations by age and gender. Results Each population comprised 209 patients (mean age 80.4 years [±6], 70.3% women). NH showed a higher number of diseases [7 (5–9) vs. 5 (3–7); p