NJ State watchdog worries about patient care as latest nursing home set to close

According to a NJ Spotlight News report, Bergen County’s Health Care Center will soon shut down, forcing patients to find another home. The fourth New Jersey nursing home closure this year, it represents part of a disturbing trend toward privatization of nursing facilities statewide. If public, nonprofit facilities like Bergen are replaced by for-profit chains, both patients and employees will feel the effects. USWU Political Director Connor Shaw, who has been tirelessly advocating for members at the center, explains the seriousness of this descision for these essential workers in the video above.