John Hale is co-owner of The Hale Group, an Ankeny-based consulting, advocacy and communication firm focused on older Iowans, Iowans with disabilities, and the caregivers who support them. [email protected]
A crisis ignored eventually leads to catastrophe, and that’s what we’re witnessing. The word crisis was used in 1990 — 33 years ago — by the Bipartisan Commission of the United States Congress to describe the challenges the nation faced in providing long-term care services to people with disabilities and older citizens. The commission also […]
It’s no secret that older Iowans in nursing homes have been hit disproportionately hard by COVID-19. As of Dec. 15, 141 Iowa nursing homes were reporting COVID outbreaks. The number of COVID related deaths in Iowa nursing homes was 1,132, representing about a third of all deaths in the state. They were residents and staff […]
