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Closing of Glavin decried

State preparing to transfer clients to group homes

By Connie Paige
Globe Correspondent / April 26, 2009

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Richard Charpentier was born with brain damage. At 66, he has a mental age of 18 months, does not talk or recognize close relatives. He gets nourishment through a feeding tube, and is prone to pneumonia and other illnesses. (Full article: 894 words)

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