Nursing home assertion evaluated (Lexington Herald-Leader)


Gov. Ernie Fletcher claimed credit in a televised debate Monday for better staffing and care in Kentucky nursing homes since he took office in 2003. "We have been very, very effective in improving care," Fletcher said. Just one problem. Nobody, including Fletcher, knows whether staffing and care have improved in the state's roughly 300 nursing homes, or whether they have gotten worse or stayed ...

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