McKnight's April 19, 2024
When historians look back on the 21st century, many lessons will be learned. Among them, the importance of maintaining a good reputation and image.
Exhibit A could be the nation’s nursing home sector.
It would be crass to suggest the first proposed federal nursing home staffing mandate is anything but an attempt to improve care. It would be equally naive to maintain that’s all it is.
In brief, old people can make good politics. (If not necessarily good politicians, as chagrined Americans have made clear to presidential pollsters time after time this year).
In brief, old people vote, and so do their adult children. Trying to make them happy is vital. It’s a force not quite as powerful as the...