KUTV2 News Utah: How Utah Patients will be Scored, with a Controversial Tie-Breaker (October 27, 2020) As Utah prepared to implement a care rationing system “How Utah Patients will be Scored, with a Controversial Tie-Breaker”
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When it Comes to Healthy Aging: Location, Location, Location
The Hill: When it Comes to Healthy Aging: Location, Location, Location (October 15, 2020) This op-ed, co-authored by Justice in Aging Deputy Director Jennifer Goldberg “When it Comes to Healthy Aging: Location, Location, Location”
How the pandemic upended Medicare, from expanding teleheath to draining its funds
Miami Herald: How the Pandemic Upended Medicare, From Expanding Telehealth to Draining its Funds (October 15, 2020) As the Medicare system scrambled to respond to “How the pandemic upended Medicare, from expanding teleheath to draining its funds”
Disproportional Effects of the Coronavirus Pandemic on People with Disabilities
Disability Rap: Disproportional Effects of the Coronavirus Pandemic on People with Disabilities (October 5, 2020) Justice in Aging Senior Staff Attorney, Denny Chan, talks about “Disproportional Effects of the Coronavirus Pandemic on People with Disabilities”
Can L.A. County Turn Around Its Nursing Home Debacle?
Capital & Main: Can L.A. County Turn Around Its Nursing Home Debacle? (September 30, 2020) For many, the health disaster that has befallen Los Angeles County’s “Can L.A. County Turn Around Its Nursing Home Debacle?”
Feds Unveil Plan to Reduce Suffering for Nursing Home Residents and Staff Amid Covid-19 Pandemic
ABC News: Feds Unveil Plan to Reduce Suffering for Nursing Home Residents and Staff Amid Covid-19 Pandemic, September 17, 2020 An independent commission set up “Feds Unveil Plan to Reduce Suffering for Nursing Home Residents and Staff Amid Covid-19 Pandemic”
Task Force Says Nursing Homes Need More Aid. Critics Say Industry Should Step Up
Washington Post: Task Force Says Nursing Homes Need More Aid. Critics Say Industry Should Step Up, September 17, 2020 The Trump administration convened a panel of nursing “Task Force Says Nursing Homes Need More Aid. Critics Say Industry Should Step Up”
Nursing Home Commission Reveals Divisions Over Response to Covid-19 and Recommends Immediate Improvements
Barrons, Nursing Home Commission Reveals Divisions Over Response to Covid-19 and Recommends Immediate Improvements, September 17, 2020 An independent commission set up by the Trump “Nursing Home Commission Reveals Divisions Over Response to Covid-19 and Recommends Immediate Improvements”
Across California, Hospitals Are Making Matters Worse for Patients with Disabilities and Older Adults During Covid-19
AUGUST 27, 2020: Disability rights and older adult advocates from the Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, Disability Rights California, Justice in Aging, and Independent “Across California, Hospitals Are Making Matters Worse for Patients with Disabilities and Older Adults During Covid-19”
More Scrutiny Needed of Florida’s Coronavirus Isolation Centers, Seniors’ Advocates Say
ABC News: More Scrutiny Needed of Florida’s Coronavirus Isolation Centers, Seniors’ Advocates Say, August, 26, 2020 Advocates for nursing home residents have raised concerns that “More Scrutiny Needed of Florida’s Coronavirus Isolation Centers, Seniors’ Advocates Say”