Nursing Homes

People As Products: Taking Advantage Of The Elderly

Martin Bosworth | Posted 07.08.2008 | Business

Read More: Dave Johnson, Lazard, Assisted Living, Bruce Wasserstein, Investment, Economy, Atria, Nursing Homes, Gilded Age, Russ Wellen, Capitalism, Seniors, Business News
Martin Bosworth

The Atria management has been cutting services, cutting wages, reducing benefits, and demanding more from both its workers and the product itself -- the seniors.

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There's No Excuse for Overmedicating the Elderly

Liz Spikol | Posted 06.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Big Pharma, Psychiatry, Elderly, Pharmaceutical Companies, Pharmaceutical Industry, Nursing Homes, Antipsychotics, New York Times, Psychology, Medications, Business News
Liz Spikol

The elderly in nursing homes have long been treated poorly, as so many guilty adult children (cf. The Savages) can attest. But because of societal p...

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The 131 Worst Nursing Homes

AP | Posted 02.13.2008 | Life

Read More: Nursing Homes, Worst Nursing Homes, Life News

WASHINGTON — After initially resisting their disclosure, the Bush administration on Tuesday published the names of 131 nursing homes with poor i...

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Bush Cuts Will Cost Lives

Gerald McEntee | Posted 02.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Afscme, Home Care, Bush Plan, Bush Cuts, Hospitals, Nursing Homes, Medicaid, Medicare Advantage, Medical Care, Health Care Proposal, Medicae, Politics News
Gerald McEntee

The president's plan will not only require hospitals to cut back services, but it will reduce the quality of medical care for millions of families.

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