Nursing Home Evacuation: Better After Katrina? (NPR)

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Reply Sun 31 Aug, 2008 07:15 am
Nursing Home Evacuation: Better After Katrina? (NPR)
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Some of the most shocking deaths during Hurricane Katrina occurred in nursing homes, where elderly and disabled residents were trapped or abandoned. Now, Louisiana has new state rules designed to make sure residents in senior housing are evacuated before it's too late.

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Reply Mon 1 Sep, 2008 10:38 am
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Some of the most shocking deaths during Hurricane Katrina occurred in nursing homes, where elderly and disabled residents were trapped or abandoned. Now, Louisiana has new state rules designed to make sure residents in senior housing are evacuated before it's too late.

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Shame there's not more to this story, some details would be interesting. Only question really is why it took Katrina, & a death toll, before anyone thought about this... Rolling Eyes
 
 

 
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