Health

Nursing home industry sounds alarm

Nursing home industry sounds alarm

Warns inadequate rates putting facilities in jeopardy

By Bruce Mohl Charlie Baker, Naomi Prendergast, Tara Gregorio, The Codcast, The Download 0 Comments Mar 4, 2019

THE MASSACHUSETTS NURSING HOME INDUSTRY says inadequate state funding caused 20 facilities to close last year and is putting another 39 at risk of going out of business this year. Tara Gregorio, the president of the Massachusetts Senior Care Association, and Naomi Prendergast, president and CEO of D’Youville Life and Wellness Community in Lowell, sounded(...)

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