Big gaps found in nursing homes' disaster plans
Sunday, April 15, 2012 - 23:30
in Earth & Climate
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Tornado, hurricane or flood, nursing homes are woefully unprepared to protect frail residents in a natural disaster, government investigators say....
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