Addressing Systemic Racism in Nursing Homes: A Time for Action

Long-term services and supports for older persons in the United States are provided in a complex, racially segregated system, with striking racial disparities in access, process, and outcomes of care for residents, which have been magnified during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 pandemic. These disparities are in large measure the result of longstanding patterns of structural, interpersonal, and cultural racism in US society, which in aggregate represent an underpinning of systemic racism that permeates the long-term care system's organization, administration, regulations, and human services.
Source: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association - Category: Health Management Authors: Tags: Special Article Source Type: research