- Michigan, facing a senior care crisis, spends billions on inadequate services
- The problems include lack of inspection on housing, inadequate transportation and policies that push residents into nursing homes
- The crisis will worsen as the last wave of Baby Boomers retire and life expectancies increase
For months, Howard Gregor survived on pizza and TV dinners occasionally dropped off by a neighbor, trapped in a second-floor apartment that had become a cell.
So hungry at times, the 82-year-old could do little more than pray for a knock at his door.
Gregor’s barrier to the outside world was no more than a dozen steps, but he couldn’t navigate them to the ground floor because his neuropathy would shoot pains through his feet and legs if he tried…