Everyday EldersDignity & Justice for Elders and Caregivers
United States Air Force veteran James Doherty Sr.
died of his wounds and neglect — not on the battlefield,
but in a nursing home, in Alameda.

James was 73 years old and fighting cancer when he was placed in Alameda Healthcare & Wellness Center — right here in the East Bay. Staff there failed to get him to chemotherapy seven times. He developed severe, infected pressure sores that went untreated for weeks. When his family sought answers, they found falsified records. A jury found 1,437 violations of his rights and awarded $7.6 million. The facility’s owner? A billionaire who controls 88 nursing homes across California, some with licenses suspended, some pending, yet still allowed to operate. He is still in business. James is not.

Source: CalMatters investigation, November 2025
25,000+
Staffing violations
by one CA chain
$31M
Diverted from care
to profit
1,437
Rights violations
one facility
280+
Hospice licenses
revoked for fraud

This Is Not a Few Bad Facilities. This Is a System.

Across California, for-profit chains are buying up nursing homes, hospices, and healthcare facilities — then cutting staff, falsifying records, and diverting millions to corporate owners while elders suffer and caregivers are ground down. One chain committed 25,000 staffing violations while extracting $31 million. Over 280 hospice licenses have been revoked for fraud. Regulators knew. They let it continue.

Everyday Elders is organizing to end this. We produce fully researched works on Elder Liberation Theology and Caregiver Liberation. We host community teach-ins, collect stories, and build coalitions to demand what should never have been in question: compassionate, non-profit care through all of aging, illness, and dying.

“Care, not profit, through aging, illness, and dying.” Our demand

We Need You. Here’s How.

This fight belongs to everyone who has loved, cared for, or will one day be an elder.
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Elders & Families

Your experience is evidence. Share your story — it can change the system.

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Caregivers — Paid & Unpaid

You know what’s really happening inside. We’ll make sure it matters.

Faith Communities

Host a teach-in or listening session. Open your doors to elder justice.

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Legal & Policy Advocates

Attorneys, researchers, and watchdogs — strengthen our campaigns.

Unions & Workers

Fight alongside us for safe staffing, fair wages, and whistleblower protection.

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Organizers & Communicators

Skills in media, design, outreach, or events? We need every one of them.

Disability & Aging Groups

Senior centers, aging-in-place networks, disability justice orgs — join us.

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Funders & Allies

Invest in community-driven change for elder and caregiver justice.

Everyone ages. Everyone dies. Not everyone has to suffer for someone else’s profit.