McKnight's December 20, 2025
Here’s a question: Is private equity good or bad for long-term care?
Here’s an answer: It depends.
For many operators, it represents capital that keeps doors open, stabilizes struggling assets, and enables long-overdue transitions. In a sector perennially short on investment, that matters.
At the same time, growing consumer-side concerns about ownership opacity and caregiving commitments have become harder to dismiss.
Two recent developments put that contrast on full display.
One was a critique raised during a Dec. 16 webinar sponsored by the Long-Term Care Community Coalition. Elder abuse litigation attorney Ed Dudensing argued that private equity has contributed to declining care quality.
The driving force, he insisted, is a lack of ownership transparency. Efforts to clarify such structures...
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