Tag: COVID lockdowns

Breaking Free From America’s Medical-Industrial Complex

            THIS TIME ON CODE WACK! America’s healthcare system doesn’t only hurt us in big ways – like forcing us to choose between getting expensive medical treatments or living sick. Or having to choose the ‘least worst,’ but always very […]

Why Nursing Home Residents Need the Essential Caregivers Act

           THIS TIME ON CODE WACK! Imagine being cut off from Mom – a nursing home resident – for months. You can’t bring her favorite foods, or help dress her, hug her, or even hold her hand. For thousands of […]

‘No Way to Live’: The Cost of Nursing Home Isolation

        THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   What role do family members and friends play in the lives of nursing home residents? When COVID hit, how were residents impacted when their loved ones were no longer allowed to visit them?  Today we […]