If you’re looking for a quick long-term care primer, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver recently cast its unyielding eye on the long-term care industry. Oliver provided a powerful and clear-eyed analysis of the challenges facing our nation’s older adults and those with disabilities struggling to receive quality long-term care. The show’s report spanned nursing homes, assisted living, and home care, highlighting issues such as staffing shortages, reimbursement rates, gaps in oversight, and challenges with CMS’s Five-Star Quality Rating System. Oliver argues for national reforms – including increased investment in home and community-based services – along with providing “rigorous guardrails and oversight” to ensure funds are spent properly. “The longer we continue to ignore this,” warns Oliver, “the worse it’s going to get.”