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A National Bureau of Economic Research study documented 20,150 additional deaths attributable to private equity acquisitions of U.S. nursing homes over twelve years. The federal minimum staffing rule that researchers estimated would save 13,000 lives per year was repealed in December 2025. The average fine per nursing home enforcement action is $18,056 — less than two-tenths of one percent of a facility's annual revenue.This is not a broken system. It is a system working exactly as designed.Bought for Parts follows Dorothy, a composite character drawn from documented cases, through her last five days in a for-profit nursing home. Then it names the nine structural forces — from weaponized displacement fear to private equity extraction to ageism as cultural permission — that made her experience inevitable. It traces the racial architecture that concentrates harm in Black, Latino, and Indigenous communities. It documents the exploitation of the 5.4 million direct care workers, nearly half of whom rely on public assistance to survive. But this is not a book that ends with outrage.Every chapter includes a HOW WE RESPOND section highlighting legislation, organizing, litigation, and local initiatives that communities have already used to fight back. Chapter 6 collects campaigns that succeeded — from the Gray Panthers to ACT UP to CANHR — and identifies what they had in common. Chapter 7 presents five working models of just elder care and the principles that run through all of them. The book includes a complete Field Guide for action: discussion questions for every chapter, a Nine-Month Study Plan for reading groups, a Legal Toolkit with the Residents' Bill of Rights in plain language, guidance on qui tam whistleblower actions, and strategies for challenging forced arbitration agreements.Bought for Parts is built for four readers: — The family member who lived through something and wants to understand why. — The caregiver who is exhausted and needs to know the failures are structural, not personal. — The organizer who needs documented wins, sharper arguments, and a method to teach. — The professional in law, policy, medicine, or social work who requires citations, not just claims. All data is drawn from peer-reviewed research, government agency reports, investigative journalism, financial filings, and court records. Sources are cited throughout.Richard T. Beeman spent forty years as a chaplain in retirement communities and as an advocate working with families navigating nursing homes. Bought for Parts is a publication of the Ars Moriendi Project, based in Kensington, California.