Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech
Sep. 29, 2026
When did cost-cutting become an elder care strategy?
As California's senior population grows, long-term care facilities are relying on lower-cost staffing models and looser care structures that can leave residents vulnerable.
Yosi Yahoudai
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
J&Y Law
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In long-term care, every few years brings a new "solution" that sounds practical on paper. A new classification. A new job title. A new staffing workaround designed to keep facilities open while costs keep rising.
We keep patching the elder care boat instead of fixing it. One of the clearest examples came in 2003, when the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a rule allowing nursing homes to employ "paid feeding assistants." These workers ca...
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