Seniors and Staff Caught in the Middle of Nursing Homes’ Quest for Profit
Co-published with The Guardian. The cycle of buying and selling care homes has led to shortcuts, closures, even fraud – and imperiled vulnerable residents’ health.
Hurricane Fallout Creates Financial Ruin for Puerto Rico’s Seniors with Reverse Mortgages
Co-published with USA TODAY and the Centro de Periodismo Investigativo. Reverse mortgages are failing at nearly double the U.S. national average in Puerto Rico, a problem magnified by natural disasters.
When You Are Paid 13 Hours for a 24-Hour Shift
Co-published with The New York Times. America’s neglect of older people extends to the people who care for them at home.
Retirement Should Not Mean Hardship – But Many Older Americans Live in Poverty
Co-published with The Guardian. As inequality has grown, American seniors have been exposed to financial distress in ways that often go unnoticed.
What Happens When LGBT People Are Priced Out of the Neighborhood?
Co-published with The Advocate. The LGBT men and women who helped establish the modern identities of cities like San Francisco and Philadelphia are getting pushed out.
Inequality Has Gotten So Bad That We’re Offshoring Our Grandparents
Co-published with The Nation. Americans can’t afford to retire in the United States, so many are moving south of the border, trading one form of inequity for another.
Elder Care Faces a Foreclosure Crisis
Co-published with Huffington Post. In a California county, one in four residential care homes for the elderly has been in foreclosure since 2008.
Old, Female and Homeless
Co-published with The Nation. Life on San Francisco’s streets for women over 50 is filled with hardships, small and large.