Nursing Homes

After 2-Year Fight, Seniors Get Pushed Out

Audio, News Story (New York)

After 2-Year Fight, Seniors Get Pushed Out

October 10, 2016 | Cindy Rodriguez | WNYC (NY)
Properties get flipped for large profits and people get pushed out. It’s the reality of hot real estate markets across the country. But when a coveted building is full of sick, fragile, senior citizens, the result can have devastating consequences – even death.
Tags: Nursing Homes | Seniors

‘A lot of our plaintiffs have died waiting to get out of the nursing home’

News Story (District of Columbia)

‘A lot of our plaintiffs have died waiting to get out of the nursing home’

September 4, 2016 | Tara Bahrampour | Washington Post
Several hundred nursing home residents are plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit alleging that the District has failed to comply with a federal mandate to move eligible and interested Medicaid recipients out of nursing homes.
Tags: Disability Rights | Nursing Homes