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nursing home care  

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  • Nursing homes are facilities that have at least three or more beds at which health care workers (nursing assistants, licensed practical nurses, and registered nurses) regularly provide nursing care services for persons unable to care for themselves due to physical or mental health problems, cognitive impairment, or disabilities. Despite extensive governmental regulation, nursing home care has become a social problem that is often synonymous with elder abuse, neglect, maltreatment, and despair. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Problems; Nursing Home Care]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-NB1LBKS0-H

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