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Inequality in golden years.

Publication: The Chicago Reporter
Publication Date: 01-JUL-09
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Inequality in golden years.(PUBLISHER'S NOTE: Reporter News)

Article Excerpt
If we truly believe that we've transcended race--as we've so often told ourselves since last fall's historic election of President Barack Obama--then it's time nursing home owners put up or shut up.

In this issue's cover story "Lower Standards," Jeff Kelly Lowenstein reveals that most of the Chicago nursing homes where a majority of the residents are black received the worst federal rating--a one on a scale of five. None of the 30 majority-black nursing homes in the city received the highest rating.

However, 29 percent of the 45 majority-white nursing...

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