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I-Team: Nursing home deficiencies

There are dozens of nursing homes in western Massachusetts and many of your loved ones live in them, but as 22News I-Team discovered, not all of them are living in a 5 star environment. Not even close, I-Team found some homes in our area have been caught storing food at the wrong temperature, moldy Full story

Five Star Quality Care slumps on 1Q results

Five Star Quality Care Inc. said Monday that its net income climbed in the first quarter, but occupancy rates at its nursing homes and retirement communities decreased. Its shares fell more than 16 percent in late afternoon trading. Full story

American families make room for veterans

   Heroes of long-ago wars find new homes with families across the country through a program that keeps the veterans out of nursing homes or hospitals.

Nursing home fire kills 12 on 'Day for the Elderly'

   Police in Taiwan say a nursing home resident confessed to a fire that killed 12 people and injured 60. NBCNews.com's Rehema Ellis reports.

Smart Carpet Could Keep Tabs on Nursing Home Patients

"Smart" carpet could allow nursing homes someday to watch their residents' every step.  Full story

Car slams into second floor of nursing home

   An out-of-control car crashed into a North Miami Beach nursing home, killing the driver and injuring four people. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.

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  NYT: When illness makes a spouse a stranger

Michael French has frontotemporal dementia, for which there is no cure or treatment. As his condition deteriorated, his wife, Ruth, had to move him to a nursing home, where she spends most days. She shares her experience.

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