Reporter
Emily DeRuy is a reporter with the Bay Area News Group, which includes the Mercury News and East Bay Times. Since the start of the pandemic, she has written primarily about the coronavirus. Prior to joining the Bay Area News Group, she wrote for The Atlantic in Washington, DC.
There is no elder care system in California, and the options are particularly dire for families with scant resources.
Emily DeRuy reported this story while participating in the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism’s 2021 California Fellowship.
Other work by her includes:
COVID forced Bay Area families to make agonizing elder-care decisions. Is there a fix?
Getting older doesn’t have to be scary. Things to con
Four families share how the pandemic changed their care plans during an "emotionally horrifying" year.
Experts urge people to think now about the type of care they want in the future.
"COVID-19 has laid bare the inequities and pitfalls in the current patchwork of care options for seniors and their families," writes reporter Emily DeRuy.
