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‘People are dying as we wait’: Bid to tighten California nursing home oversight sputters

by Jocelyn Wiener April 16, 2021September 28, 2021

Lawmakers say they’ll take no action this year on a bill requiring nursing home owners and operators to get state approval before they acquire, operate or manage a nursing home.

California oversight of nursing homes called ‘befuddling,’ ‘broken’

by Jocelyn Wiener April 6, 2021April 6, 2021

Ann Lucero teaches her mother, Fern, how to use her new tablet at their home in Redwood City. She's among millions of California's family caregivers whose efforts are made even more stressful by the COVID pandemic. Photo by Clara Mokri

‘How am I going to keep this up?’ COVID intensifies plight of family caregivers

by Anne Marshall-Chalmers January 21, 2021September 28, 2021

Vietnam veteran Jerry Hogan at Lindsay Gardens after testing positive for COVID-19 a week ago, in Lindsay, CA on April 28, 2020. Hogan, was put into the facility to receive lifesaving therapy, but instead, has not been receiving any therapy after patients at the facility began falling ill from the virus. Hogan is the father of photojournalist Jeremy Hogan, who made this image during his visit. Photo by Jeremy Hogan, SOPA Images/Sipa USA via AP Images

Feds to send COVID tests to nursing homes, but can California really use them?

by Barbara Feder Ostrov July 17, 2020September 29, 2021

State health officials took control of the Rose Garden and Legacy Healthcare nursing homes in Pasadena after learning that the home's operator couldn't pay rent or staff, as the coronavirus pandemic loomed.. Photo by Karlene Goller for CalMatters

The gathering storm: How the state seized control of two troubled nursing homes as coronavirus crisis loomed

by Barbara Feder Ostrov July 15, 2020September 29, 2021

Jeannie Richards, left, and her sitter Carol Soward, both of Hayward, and their brother Donald Soward look each other through his room window during a visit at the Gateway Nursing home in Hayward Saturday, May 16, 2020. Soward contracted COVID-19 at the care facility while recovering from a leg amputation. Photo by Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group

Counting the dead: Nursing home COVID data a ‘tangled mess’

by Barbara Feder Ostrov June 17, 2020September 29, 2021

Who’s watching now? COVID-19 cases swell in nursing homes with poor track records

by Jocelyn Wiener June 15, 2020September 29, 2021

Linda Jacobs, 71, at her home in Concord. Jacobs, who is especially high risk for COVID-19 due to a number of health conditions including diabetes, lung disease and a heart disease, relies on the Multipurpose Senior Services Program to continue living independently. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Aging

“Might as well have them walk the plank” — Cuts may force many seniors into nursing homes

by Barbara Feder Ostrov May 19, 2020September 29, 2021

A physician assistant listens to a patient's breathing at a clinic in Bieber, California on July 23, 2019. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

How Newsom budget yanks back Medi-Cal health care gains for low-income residents

by Ana B. Ibarra May 18, 2020September 29, 2021

Sue Swezey, 83, stands with her autistic son John Swezey, 57, in Menlo Park, California on March 30, 2020

Coronavirus ravages services for people with disabilities, leaving many at risk

by Dan Morain and Anita Chabria April 5, 2020April 5, 2020