Hollywood Nursing Home Slated to Close

It is rumored that the Motion Picture & Television Fund plans to close a hospital and nursing home that serves former Hollywood stars, citing annual losses of $10 million.  The announcement caused a Hollywood backlash because the organization’s motto – “we take care of our own” – is being ignored by the organization’s board members, wealthy Hollywood stars who could easily make up the deficit.  Some predict legal action. 

See Guy Adams, Hollywood pulls the plug on hospital for retired stars, The Independent, Mar. 10, 2009.