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Real Estate Investors Profit from Long-Term Care While Residents Languish

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By Jordan Rau Verified
| Chicago Crusader Verified
‘Wet From Head to Toe’ Part 3 of 3 When CareTrust bought City Creek Post-Acute and Assisted Living in 2019, the Sacramento nursing home where Pearlene Darby lived had a one-star Medicare rating and was losing money. CareTrust leased the building to a management company called Kalesta Healthcare Group based on the business plan Kalesta submitted. This investment highlighted how real estate investors profit from Long-term care while residents languish.
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Real estate investors profit from long-term care while residents languish

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By Jordan Rau Verified
| The Brunswick News Verified
By the time she was hospitalized in 2020, Pearlene Darby, a retired teacher, had suffered open sores on both legs, both hips, and both heels, as well as a five-inch-long gash on her tailbone. She died two weeks later at age 81 from infections and bedsores, according to her death certificate. Her daughter sued the nursing home, alleging it had left Darby sitting in her own feces and urine time and again.
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Real estate investors profit from long-term care while residents languish

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By Jordan Rau Verified
| The Derrick and The News-Herald Verified
By the time she was hospitalized in 2020, Pearlene Darby, a retired teacher, had suffered open sores on both legs, both hips, and both heels, as well as a five-inch-long gash on her tailbone. She died two weeks later at age 81 from infections and bedsores, according to her death certificate. Her daughter sued the nursing home, alleging it had left Darby sitting in her own feces and urine time and again.
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