By Tamar Auber on July 1, 2014 
Getting out of jail can be a tough transition for anyone. For a growing numbers of seniors leaving prison life in need of nursing care, however, finding a home that can take them in can be a real challenge, if not impossible.
Many nursing homes refuse to take in ex-offenders, either limited by state law or concerned about how housing ex-offenders may appear to other residents and their families. Yet that means when it comes time for the elderly to be released, there is often no place willing to provide the care they need.
“The Department of Corrections had a growing number of inmates who met skilled nursing home level of care criteria and were eligible to be released, but couldn’t be released unless they could get a nursing home to take them,” Mike Lawlor, Connecticut’s undersecretary for criminal justice policy and planning said. “It was extremely difficult. Most are for-profit and are reluctant to take someone coming directly out of [prison] because they’re worried about how it would impact business.
http://latest.com/2014/07/no-place-to-call-home-elderly-ex-offenders-are-finding-they-are-unwelcome-in-nursing-home-care/
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