‘Real brutal capitalism.’ Wisconsin nursing home sales surge, quality drops
Capital Times | February 12, 2025
Professor emerita Barb Bowers, PhD, RN, FAAN, was quoted this week in the Capital Times about the decline in quality at Wisconsin nursing homes: “We tend to be going more and more towards a real brutal capitalism, I think everywhere,” said Barbara Bowers, a professor emerita at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s School of Nursing. “And it’s fine if it’s about the quality of your television set. But it’s a different issue when it’s the quality of somebody’s life. I think we treat this as any other commodity, which is really unfortunate.”