McKnight’s Senior Living January 19, 2026
Aging is living, and living is aging. It is a powerful continuation of life. Yet our society too often treats older adults as burdens, overlooking their wisdom, contributions, and humanity. The way we see people shapes how we treat them, and nowhere is this more consequential than in eldercare.
Documentaries like “No Country for Old People” and other stories shine a harsh but necessary light on the way elders are treated in societies and, sadly, in some institutional care. Even one story of neglect and suffering is too much, and our industry needs to do a better job of addressing the “bad characters.”
However easy it may be to paint all operators with the same brush, those of us who...
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