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Elma Greisel discusses aging and nursing homes

BROADCAST: 1970 | DURATION: 00:35:59

Elma Greisel is the executive director for the National Citizens' Coalition for Nursing Home Reform. Greisel talks about the continuing struggles of older people's civil rights when placed in a nursing home. She also talks about the abuse and neglect older people suffer when in a nursing home. We as a society, expect the best quality of care for those in the nursing homes, says Greisel, and yet the nursing home employees are not paid very well.

Broadcast Date
1970

Physical Format
1 sound tape reel (ca. 40.18 min.) : 10 1/2 in.

Duration
35 minutes, 59 seconds

Digital Format
WAV

Ownership
The Chicago History Museum

Language
English

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