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long-term care
Coverage of long-term care in the Nexus archive.
- Women often outlive men. Here's how they should approach their long-term care needs
Women typically live longer than men and are more likely to require long-term care, which can be costly.
- Unionized nursing homes in deep-blue state trail the pack as analysis reveals ratings gap
A report by the Center for Union Facts found California nursing homes with unionized staff received lower federal quality ratings compared to non-union facilities, with unionized homes averaging 3.02 stars versus 3.17 for non-union homes. The analysis, controlling for income, linked unionization to a 0.3-star rating decrease, though causation was not established.