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FAU Historian Traces How U.S. Nursing Homes Evolved Into Big Business
October 23, 2025
BOCA RATON, Florida, Oct. 23 (TNSjou) -- Florida Atlantic University, a component of the state university system in Florida, issued the following news:

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FAU Historian Traces How U.S. Nursing Homes Evolved into Big Business

By Gisele Galoustian

In postwar America, as suburbs spread and federal social welfare programs expanded, one underexamined building type quietly became a fixture of the American health care landscape: the nursing home.

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