Nursing homes seen deficient on basic care
Movement grows to cut unneeded hospitalizations
Tens of thousands of nursing home residents must be sent to the hospital each year because of a breakdown in basic medical care at the facilities, specialists say, a scenario that exposes frail elderly people to unnecessary trauma and illness. (Full article: 1295 words)
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