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To Be Old, Frail And Evicted: Patients at Risk

As Nursing Homes Shift Focus To Short-Term Rehab Care, Families Must Look Elsewhere
Original publication date: 
Thursday, August 7, 2008 - 00:00

Since Jasmine Nguyen collapsed nine years ago, apparently from a seizure, the 32-year-old has lived in a nursing home in Lodi, Calif., dependent on a ventilator to breathe and the facility's staff for her daily needs.

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