Stories by The New York Times and The Virginian-Pilot about discriminatory dining room practices at a continuing care retirement center (CCRC) in Norfolk, Va., have had an impact.
The CCRC said Monday that residents can eat in the facility’s main dining room and two other dining areas if they pass a simple health screening, get their doctor’s approval, and sign a consent form. Previously, the CCRC had sought to limit the dining rooms to people living independently and exclude residents in assisted living and the facility’s nursing home. (Under pressure, it announced some exceptions but residents complained they didn’t go far enough.)
Paula Span wrote about the CCRC’s about-face Tuesday on the New York Times New Old Age blog; she notes there it applies only to people already living in the complex, at least for the moment. Covering Health blogged about the controversy last month.
