Texas Winter Storm Exposes Gaps in Senior Living Oversight

Titan-Energy_KHN_210305_MARIA_SKLADZIEN_08_1350 — As the recent winter storm disaster in Texas showed, many long-term care sites aren’t required to have backup power supplies or other redundancies to keep residents safe when disaster strikes. Maria Skladzien of Houston, who relies on a wheelchair and on elevators that have power, found that out the hard way. (BRANDON THIBODEAUX / FOR KHN)

Texas Winter Storm Exposes Gaps in Senior Living Oversight

March 10, 2021

KHN: Texas Winter Storm Exposes Gaps in Senior Living Oversight (March 10, 2021)

When the big, red and extremely loud fire alarm went off in Maria Skladzien’s apartment, the 74-year-old ventured into the hallway with fellow residents of her Houston-area senior living community. The brutal winter storm that swept through Texas had knocked out power, which, in turn, disrupted water to the four-story building. The blaring alarms raised fears of fire.

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Texas Winter Storm Exposes Gaps in Senior Living Oversight

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