Those targeted for eviction are frequently poor and suffering from dementia, according to residents’ allies. They often put up little fight, their families unsure what to do. Removing them makes room for less labor-intensive and more profitable patients, critics of the tactic say, noting it can be shattering.
“It’s not just losing their home. It’s losing their whole community, it’s losing their familiar caregivers, it’s losing their roommate, it’s losing the people they sit with and have meals with,” said Alison Hirschel, an attorney who directs the Michigan Elder Justice Initiative and has fought evictions. “It’s completely devastating.”
Complaints and lawsuits across the U.S. point to a spike in evictions even as observers note available records only give a glimpse of the problem.
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ReplyDeleteIt's all about the money people!
Just tell them they're fired.
ReplyDeleteTry voicing concerns about care given to your elderly family member in one of the facilities around here and you'll soon be asked to leave. If you can afford it go the home heathcare route and hire people to give respite care. It's shameful how the elderly are treated in some of these places and the staff and admins act like they won't be treated the same way when it's their turn.
ReplyDeleteIt's not just nursing homes, my father has Alzheimer's and they kicked him out on his first day.
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