Comments on: Private equity’s “Purgatory Age”

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By: Pete

Pete — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 13:09:32 +0000

2jesse anderson, Why money is not the reason?

By: jesse anderson

jesse anderson — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 23:45:18 +0000

well that might be the case, but what about the people that care about the people who live the home, who’s have the heart and not deep pocket? Money should not be the reason why.

By: NewsVisual

NewsVisual — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 23:55:36 +0000

The SEIU labor group might have a valid concern when one considers how the drive to make profits could affect patient care in nursing homes. However, I don’t see why this union’s members believe this is more of a concern when a private-equity firm owns a healthcare institution than when it is owned by a publicly traded company. After all, the latter would certainly want to show good returns on its investment from quarter to quarter so that share value would remain high. If I had to guess, I would assume that a private-equity company would be more likely to take a long-term view regarding its investment and take patient care more seriously out of a concern for the company’s reputation, since it’s not bound by the need to produce financial results on a quarterly basis.