KFF Health News: Real Estate Investors Profit From Long-Term Care While Residents Languish By Jordan Rau April 21, 2026

KFF Health News: Real Estate Investors Profit From Long-Term Care While Residents Languish 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. The lawsuit, settled on confidential terms last year, blamed not only the managers of City Creek Post-Acute and Assisted Living but also the building’s owner, a real estate investment trust, or REIT. (Rau, 4/21) https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/real-estate-investment-trusts-senior-housing-nursing-homes-profit/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9GOLIlepZdV8QcRqLin4tgsTb_eO1Bs8Uny_9yEosqU9EKR2rPVhQp0WbBTil9LrykR9T0QJnqTMtzxEIjGqtflHE8jw&_hsmi=414866610&utm_content=414866610&utm_source=hs_email