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Make This Election About Care

Make This Election About Care

| Oct 28, 2020 | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyMy mother is a Black woman. But when I had to place her in nursing home care in 2016, I intentionally chose a home in a largely white community. Why? Because she was more likely to survive there. Let me explain. After President Trump’s recent COVID-19 hospitalization,...
In the Age of COVID, Elder Care Should Be an Election Issue

In the Age of COVID, Elder Care Should Be an Election Issue

| Sep 2, 2020 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedEven before the COVID-19 pandemic, many people — including my parents — said they’d rather die than end up in a nursing home. So when my mother suffered a brain aneurysm and became severely disabled at the age of 57, my father and I cared for her at home. I had two...

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