Northwest News Covers Rash of Nursing Facility Closures

Northwest News Covers Rash of Nursing Facility Closures

By: JUN 21, 2019 at 11:12 AM Northwest News Network

Keith Akada thought Keiro Northwest Rehabilitation and Care Center in Seattle’s Central District would be the final resting place for his mother, Mieko, who has Alzheimer’s disease.

The nursing home opened in 1976 to serve aging Issei, first-generation Japanese Americans, who faced exclusion and racism. For decades, it’s provided culturally sensitive care to the area’s Asian and Pacific Islander community.

Akada’s grandmother was one of its first residents. His father, who was interned during World War II, spent the end of his life there in 2011, receiving hospice care.

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