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California’s older adults are being stiffed big time

by Guest Commentary February 8, 2022February 7, 2022

Budgets and legislation dictating mandated actions are needed immediately to deal with issues affecting California’s older adults.

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Nurturing innovation in care for seniors

by Guest Commentary October 6, 2021October 6, 2021

The need to solve California’s caregiver shortage

by Guest Commentary September 27, 2021September 26, 2021

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The future of aging in California requires investment, equity

by Guest Commentary May 19, 2021May 19, 2021

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

by Jocelyn Wiener April 16, 2021September 28, 2021

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

Kickstarting a just, equal COVID-19 recovery through the Master Plan for Aging

by Guest Commentary January 12, 2021January 12, 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