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Nursing Homes.(Your Letters)(Letter to the editor)

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| November 01, 2006 | Cushing, Matthew; Gould, Brian | COPYRIGHT 2006 Consumers Union of the United States, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

I read September's report "Nursing Homes: Business as Usual." In my 40-plus years of medical practice, I have attended patients in dozens of nursing homes on both coasts. Things are not getting much better in spite of the many organizations overseeing these institutions on the local, state, and federal levels. Yes, there are better fire doors and wider corridors. But you mentioned that patients go unattended for hours. What are the personnel doing? Recording data, that's what. The enormous mountain ...

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