Even This Wealthy Town Struggles to Run Its Nursing Home

  • Town-owned facility loses money and requires subsidies
  • Greenwich is seeking another operator to run century-old home
Greenwich Avenue in Greenwich, Connecticut.Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg
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Even for one of the wealthiest municipalities in the US, operating a nursing home is a strain.

Greenwich, Connecticut, owns a 121-year-old nursing home. That makes it unusual, since only 5% of nursing homes are government-owned.