nursing homes

A question haunted the month-long fight for the Edgar Benjamin Healthcare Center that ended recently with the ousting of the center’s administrator: Would the Mission Hill facility be able to continue operations even as the center’s leadership claimed that it needed to shutter due to financial challenges?

A new study has found that, nationwide, nursing homes with a majority of Black residents tend to see higher levels of hospitalizations and emergency department visits and are more likely to employ less-qualified nursing staff.