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Tag: Elder Care

Posted inHealth

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

Avatar by Jocelyn Wiener April 16, 2021April 16, 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.

Posted inCoronavirus

State to allow visitors inside nursing homes in most California counties

Barbara Feder Ostrov by Barbara Feder Ostrov October 26, 2020October 26, 2020
Caroline Harrison, left, Jackson Harrison Shirk, 11, right, and his mother, Virginia Harrison, far right, visit with Jackson’s grandmother, Debbie, center, at The Chaparral House, the Berkeley skilled nursing facility where Debbie has lived for the past three years. Debbie, who family members refer to as mama bear, suffers from dementia and is largely unresponsive during her family's near-daily socially distant visits. “She doesn’t talk about it but she knows we’re here,” said Jackson. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inHealth

Through the looking-glass: Family members fight restricted access to loved ones in long-term care

Barbara Feder OstrovAvatar by Barbara Feder Ostrov and Jocelyn Wiener July 23, 2020July 24, 2020
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
Posted inCoronavirus

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

Barbara Feder Ostrov by Barbara Feder Ostrov July 15, 2020July 23, 2020
Posted inHealth

California’s expanding care options for Boomers with dementia—but still falling short of the need

Avatar by David Gorn June 13, 2018June 23, 2020
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