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For instance, poor hygiene or wound care can quickly turn a common infection into deadly sepsis for a senior citizen. Unfortunately, nursing home abuse is all too common. Approximately 1 in 6 ...

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Eleven of Iowa’s 264 state-regulated assisted living centers were subject to fines last year for failing to meet regulatory ...

Sex among residents in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities is still a taboo subject. Yet it happens. A lot! About 40% of people between ages 65 and 80 are sexually active, according to a ...

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Dr Octavia Pickett-Blakely discusses gastrointestinal and liver complications of obesity.

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