An acute shortage of nurses and aides in the nation’s nearly 15,000 nursing homes is at the root of many of the most disturbing shortfalls in care for the 1.2 million Americans who live in them, including many
Author Archives: Jordan Rau/KFF Health News
Jordan Rau, senior correspondent for KFF Health News, reports on the American health care system’s costs and quality, with a focus on hospitals, nursing homes, doctors, and other types of medical providers. His stories have been published by The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR, the Los Angeles Times, and dozens of other media outlets. He joined KFF Health News at its founding in 2009 after working for 18 years at daily newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times, Newsday, and the Concord (New Hampshire) Monitor. He is a graduate of Wesleyan University.