Monday, September 10, 2007
Racially segregated nursing homes
An article in the August 30 Boston Herald featured Cheung Chin, who claims to be 113 years old. She says her birth certificate, which lists her date of birth as August 10, 1896, is inaccurate. She isn't listed by the Gerontology Research Group at either age.
The article noted that she lives in Boston at South Cove Manor, "one of the nation's only all-Asian nursing facilities". That seems strange, but the web site for South Cove Manor proudly states "Serving the Chinese elderly is our sole mission," repeating that mission statement on the admissions page.
How do they get away with racial discrimination like this?
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