Tag Archives: nursing homes

Nursing Homes for People of Color:
Still Segregated, Still Unequal

Posted on January 23, 2015 by Laura Newman
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Tweet If Martin Luther King, Jr. was alive today, he would be 86. If he was like many elderly black Americans, he might well end up in a nursing home ranked lower in quality and with less well-trained nursing staff … Continue reading →

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Warning Signs

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Laura Newman
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Tweet “Warning Signs” is a new concept for Patient POV. In it, I plan to point to unanticipated changes in health care that warrant a closer look. In some cases, all we see is a snapshot of something awry in … Continue reading →

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