Nursing Home Crisis: Managed Care's Impact & Solutions

The Crumbling Foundation of US Nursing Homes: A Crisis in Plain Sight Imagine your grandmother, Elsie, a vibrant woman who loved gardening and baking, now frail and dependent on a nursing home. Instead of comfort and care, she faces understaffed facilities, inadequate resources, and a system struggling to provide even basic necessities. Elsie's story, sadly, is not unique. The American nursing home system is facing a profound crisis, a complex web of financial pressures, regulatory hurdles, and systemic flaws that threaten the well-being of millions of vulnerable elders....

March 17, 2025 · 4 min · 809 words · Evan Beck