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WHEN PACING A LOVED ONE IN A NURSING HOME---DO YOUR HOMEWORK---IT COULD BE A MATTER OF LIFE OR DEATH!!!!!!!!
Times NATION/SPECIAL INVESTIGATION
OCTOBER 27, 1997 Vol. 150 No. 17
THE NURSING HOME INDUSTRY AND MANY POLITICIANS DENY WIDESPREAD ABUSE AND NEGLECT IN NURSING HOMES AROUND THE COUNTRY, BUT IT IS POSSIBLE THAT IN THOUSANDS OF CASES, NURSING HOME RESIDENTS ARE DYING FROM A LACK OF FOOD AND WATER AND THE MOST BASIC LEVEL OF HYGIENE!
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