As Covid Hits Nursing Homes’ Finances, Town Residents Fight to Save Alzheimer’s Facility

(By Judith Graham for Kaiser Health News)

Marvin Querry, 86, was on his tractor, planting rye on his 770-acre western Missouri farm, when the call came in early November.

It was the social worker from Barone Alzheimer’s Care Center, where Querry’s wife, Diane, is a resident. The facility would be closing because of financial hardship, she said, reading from a statement. Continue reading here…

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