The Nation’s Health: Seniors Left Behind as Public Edges “Back to Normal” after COVID-19 (Feb/March 2023) COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. are a fraction of “Seniors Left Behind as Public Edges “Back to Normal” after COVID-19″
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Black People More Likely to End up in Bad Nursing Homes
Richmond Pulse: Black People More Likely to End up in Bad Nursing Homes (December 9, 2022) Racial disparities exist in nursing home care, with Black residents “Black People More Likely to End up in Bad Nursing Homes”
California Opens Medicaid to Older Unauthorized Immigrants
Kaiser Health News: California Opens Medicaid to Older Unauthorized Immigrants (May 2, 2022) On May 1, California opened Medi-Cal to older immigrants residing in the “California Opens Medicaid to Older Unauthorized Immigrants”
Hospitalized for COVID-19 and No Information: What Californians Who Speak an Indigenous Language Often Face
California Health Report: Hospitalized for COVID-19 and No Information: What Californians Who Speak an Indigenous Language Often Face (February 18, 2021) Tens of thousands of “Hospitalized for COVID-19 and No Information: What Californians Who Speak an Indigenous Language Often Face”
Plaintiffs Sue the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for Rolling Back Language Access Protections, Harming Older Adults’ Access to Health Care
Trump Administration’s roll-back of a civil rights rule leads to life-threateningbarriers for low-income older adults with limited English proficiencyseeking health care during the pandemic Washington, “Plaintiffs Sue the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for Rolling Back Language Access Protections, Harming Older Adults’ Access to Health Care”
