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Mary Adelaide Mendelson discusses nursing homes

BROADCAST: Apr. 24, 1975 | DURATION: 00:55:39

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Synopsis

Mary Adelaide Mendelson, author of "Tender Loving Greed: How the Incredibly Lucrative Nursing Home 'Industry' Is Exploiting American's Old People and Defrauding Us All," discusses the state of nursing homes and the elderly. Mendelson discusses the isolation the elderly feel in nursing homes and how nursing homes have turned into a big business with little to no protection for the elderly. Studs plays "Hello in There" - John Prine (1971).

Details

Broadcast Date
Apr. 24, 1975

Physical Format
1 sound tape reel (ca. 60 min.) : 10 1/2 in.

Duration
55 minutes, 39 seconds

Digital Format
WAV

Ownership
The Chicago History Museum

Language
English

Topics

Healthcare, Medicine, Mental Health Older Adult & Older Adult Care

People

Authors, Writers Medical personnel

Tags

Mendelson, Mary Adelaide--Interviews Mendelson, Mary Adelaide. Tender loving greed. Old age homes--United States. Nursing homes--United States. Older people--United States Audiotapes. Radio programs. Mendelson, Mary Adelaide,-- interviewee WFMT (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.) Medicaid Health care Elderly homes Eldercare Nursing homes--Administration. Elder law issues Civil rights of the elderly Probate laws Kuhn, Maggie Gray Panthers

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