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Saturday, February 17, 2007

Her care in the nursing home was better: A hip story

Here's a 4-minute video of an NBC Special Report about a hospital's care of an elderly Connecticut woman, initially hospitalized for a broken hip. (The video may take a few minutes to load.)

Advice to sons & daughters of elderly parents: Get an advocate when your elderly parent has to enter the hospital. An advocate can detect this in time to save your mother or father.

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