In an issue of admirable resource and analysis, the Chicago Reporter looks at the state of nursing homes in the Chicago area. It’s piece on troubled nursing homes that serve elderly black residents deserves attention and follow-up from the newspapers, radio stations and online publications that reach Chicago’s black community.
Here is a summary from the Reporter:
The Chicago Reporter investigated the quality and quantity of
nursing homes where the majority of residents are black in
Chicago, Illinois and the United States, compared with facilities
where most of the residents are white. The Reporter found
racial disparities on multiple fronts:
Illinois has the highest number of poorly rated black nursing
homes nationwide. There is just one excellent-rated black
nursing home in the state, in south suburban Dolton.
In Chicago, nearly 30 percent of nursing homes where the
majority of residents are white were deemed excellent by the
federal government. None of the city’s black nursing homes
earned that mark.
A statistical analysis shows that poverty did not explain the
disparities in Chicago.
The Chicago Reporter investigated the quality and quantity of
nursing homes where the majority of residents are black in
Chicago, Illinois and the United States, compared with facilities
where most of the residents are white. The Reporter found
racial disparities on multiple fronts:
Illinois has the highest number of poorly rated black nursing
homes nationwide. There is just one excellent-rated black
nursing home in the state, in south suburban Dolton.
In Chicago, nearly 30 percent of nursing homes where the
majority of residents are white were deemed excellent by the
federal government. None of the city’s black nursing homes
earned that mark.
http://www.chicagoreporter.com/issue/index.php
