What Happened in Room 10? Journalist Katie Engelhart on the COVID Outbreak at Life Care Center & Her New Book, “The Inevitable”

Journalist Katie Engelhart joins the Nursing Home 411 Podcast to discuss her investigative report on the COVID outbreak at Life Care Center in Kirkland, the experiences of the residents at the facility, and what the outbreak revealed about the systemic problems in U.S. nursing homes. Katie also chats about her new book, “The Inevitable: Dispatches on the Right to Die” (March 2021).

Background reading and references:

• Katie’s must-read California Sunday Magazine feature, “What Happened in Room 10,” on the COVID outbreak at the Life Care Center of Kirkland
• Pre-order Katie’s new book, “The Inevitable: Dispatches on the Right to Die,” published by St. Martin’s Press
• Read an excerpt, “Her Time,” in California Sunday
• Check out more of Katie’s work on her website, katieengelhart.com, and follow her on Twitter @KatieEngelhart
• Katie’s recommendations
  • Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life by Louise Aronson
  • The Overstory by Richard Powers

Host: Eric Goldwein
Music: Liturgy of the Street by Shane Ivers – https://www.silvermansound.com