Journalist
(Massachusetts)
Health reporter at the Boston Globe covering aging, medical marijuana, public health.
Links: @GlobeKayLazar | (Current as of: July 13, 2015)
Boston Globe
May 14, 2016
Reports of suspected elder abuse in Massachusetts have surged — a troubling increase that law enforcement and elder advocates say is fueled in part by the opioid crisis and addicted adult children exploiting parents and other relatives.
News Story
Boston Globe
February 11, 2016
Massachusetts health regulators moved to significantly strengthen oversight of nursing homes, creating a unit that will conduct unannounced inspections and promising to impose fines on problem-plagued facilities.
News Story
Boston Globe
July 11, 2015
Problems start mounting at Massachusetts nursing home. Advocates question the state's decision not to intervene.
Health reporter at the Boston Globe covering aging, medical marijuana, public health.
Links: @GlobeKayLazar | (Current as of: July 13, 2015)
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News StoryThe untold cost of the opiate epidemic: elder abuse
Kay LazarBoston Globe
May 14, 2016
Reports of suspected elder abuse in Massachusetts have surged — a troubling increase that law enforcement and elder advocates say is fueled in part by the opioid crisis and addicted adult children exploiting parents and other relatives.
News Story
State officials move to tighten oversight of nursing homes
Kay LazarBoston Globe
February 11, 2016
Massachusetts health regulators moved to significantly strengthen oversight of nursing homes, creating a unit that will conduct unannounced inspections and promising to impose fines on problem-plagued facilities.
News Story
No reason to limit Synergy, state says
Kay LazarBoston Globe
July 11, 2015
Problems start mounting at Massachusetts nursing home. Advocates question the state's decision not to intervene.
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