Joel Landau, who has a history of stripping nursing homes for real estate gains, now owns the largest chain in the country.
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Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Biden Plan Would Allow People Needing Care to Stay at Home
A $400 billion expansion of home and community-based services would revitalize a badly underfunded system.
Posted inTAP
A $25 Minimum Wage for Caregivers
Today on TAP: The pittance we pay caregivers is a disgrace
Posted inWorking in America
As Racism Plagues Health Care, Unions Offer a Treatment
Health care workers of color are twice as likely as their white co-workers to catch COVID-19. Unions could be the answer to addressing these disparities.
Posted inCoronavirus
Unsanitized: Nursing Homes Want to Save Their Bank Accounts, Not Their Patients
Plus, ending the Fed money cannon? This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for November 10, 2020.
Posted inFamily Care
Washington: The Caregiving State
In the Pacific Northwest, lawmakers have acted to help defray the exorbitant costs of family caregiving. More needs to be done.
Posted inFamily Care
How to Finance Universal Family Care
Considering the options for building a new social-insurance program
Posted inFamily Care
The Collapse of Long-Term Care Insurance
Attempts to have the private market manage support and services for the elderly or people with disabilities have utterly failed.
Posted inFamily Care
The Corporatization of Nursing Homes
A tragic history of how we’ve treated elderly citizens, for profit