2000 Guest Columns

Nursing home neglect: The warning signs (12/07/00 Jackson Advocate) Guest column by Jim Wilkes
Nursing home industry only protects itself: Corporations expect residents to pay for their business failures (11/14/00 Ft. Myers News Press) Guest column by Jim Wilkes
Viewpoint: Change how we care for seniors (10/20/00 Pensacola News Journal) Guest column by Jim Wilkes
State’s nursing home problems traced to a variety of factors (10/13/00 Florida Times-Union) Guest column by Kenneth L. Connor
Nursing homes: Choosing the right one (10/05/00 Jackson Advocate) Guest column by Jim Wilkes Department of Insurance’s survey was clear (09/30/00 Tampa Tribune) Guest column by Jim Wilkes
Nursing-home crisis a U.S. problem (09/29/00 Orlando Sentinel) Guest column by Jim Wilkes
Families need better options than nursing homes (09/14/00 Tallahassee Democrat) Guest column by Jim Wilkes
For-profit nursing home chains a failed experiment? (09/00 Delta Business Journal) Guest column by Jim Wilkes
For-profit nursing home chains – a failed experiment? (09/11/00 Jacksonville Business Journal) Guest column by Jim Wilkes
Chain's departure no loss (09/07/00 Tampa Tribune) Letter to the Editor by Jim Wilkes
Florida lacks a positive record with nursing homes (09/02/00 Gainesville Sun) Letter to the Editor by Jim Wilkes
Nursing homes: Are you comfortable about the care your relatives receive? (08/24/00 Jackson Advocate) Guest column by Jim Wilkes
Nursing homes' problems are of their own doing (08/22/00 Naples Daily News) Guest column by Jim Wilkes
Re: “Acceptable Nursing Care” (08/14/00 New York Times) Letter to the Editor by Jim Wilkes
For-profit nursing home chains – a failed experiment? (08/00 Memphis Medical News) Guest column by Jim Wilkes
For-profit nursing home chains – a failed experiment? (08/00 Nashville Medical News) Guest column by Jim Wilkes
For-profit nursing facilities in trouble: A wider array of choices and greater accountability are called for (07/31/00 South Florida Sun Sentinel) Guest column by Jim Wilkes
Corporate owners dominate nursing home landscape (07/24/00 Tampa Bay Business Journal) Guest column by Jim Wilkes
For-profit nursing homes: Real crisis in resident care (05/03/00 Orlando Sentinel) Guest column by Barbara Hengstebeck
Fraud, abuse, reward bad care in for-profit nursing homes (04/07/00 Tallahassee Democrat) Guest Column by Barbara Hengstebeck