100,000 U.S. nursing home residents have died from Coronavirus. The institutional model of senior-care is broken and expensive. Most seniors do not want to live in a nursing home, where double and triple rooms are common. Link to the story here.
This is great news and we look forward to continuing to build our caring community.
Here’s an article detailing the effects Covid is taking on nursing homes in Washington state. Washington nursing homes have been struggling with staffing for years. Here is the link.
Unfortunately Covid-19 has ravaged our nursing homes. This should be a call to action that the institutional model doesn’t work for our elderly. Here’s the link
The Aug 29 edition of the Economist ran a special report on dementia that outlines the challenges facing western countries related to aging societies and grappling with the cost of long-term care. One of the articles mentions families who brought their loved-ones to Thailand. It sounds great, however I’m concerned Read more…
Here is a link to a really good study of nursing homes and long-term care conducted decades ago that explores how we go to where we are and explores some possible regulatory remedies.