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Author Archives: Thomas Goldsmith

Thomas Goldsmith worked in daily newspapers for 33 years before joining North Carolina Health News. Goldsmith is a native Tar Heel who attended the UNC-Chapel Hill, and worked at newspapers in Tennessee and at the Raleigh News & Observer.

Goldsmith's specialty is reporting on aging issues and he's won multiple awards for this work.

Shows a sign reading, "The Oaks at Sweeten Creek/ Carrington Place condominiums" carved in the face in fancy letters. The rock is in front of a nursing home where multiple residents died of COVID.
Posted inAging

When a loved one dies at a nursing home, families face mazes and mirages in search for answers

by Thomas Goldsmith June 21, 2022November 15, 2022
residents of nursing homes receiving grants from penalty payments enjoy a game of bingo.
Posted inAging

National report raises overarching questions on U.S. nursing home care

by Thomas Goldsmith and Rose Hoban June 15, 2022November 15, 2022
image shows a supermarket wall with gallons of milk in fridges
Posted inAging

To serve or not to serve more milk? NC DHHS, long-term care at odds

by Thomas Goldsmith April 28, 2022August 30, 2022
Posted inAging

Law enforcement: Scammers preying on older people may appear as trusted advisers

by Thomas Goldsmith March 31, 2022August 30, 2022
According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, North Carolina spent close to $1.2 billion on nursing homes for elderly Medicaid recipients in 2013.
Posted inAging

Corporate owners of troubled Thomasville nursing home escape public spotlight in state hearing

by Thomas Goldsmith and Rose Hoban March 23, 2022March 23, 2022
Posted inState Health Policy

Walls around ‘hearing aids’ to tumble as some in NC trumpet warnings

by Thomas Goldsmith February 24, 2022August 31, 2022

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