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Broken Long-Term Care System
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Broken Long-Term Care System

Dowager Mother-in-Law's Story Touched Readers

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Jim Buie
Feb 15, 2024
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My mother-in-law’s story of moving in with her daughter and son-in-law at age 100, along with my invitation to readers to share stories of the broken long-term-care system brought numerous responses. Among the most appalling:

My mother-in-law is 92 and has had worsening dementia since a fall in her independent living apartment at a retirement community …

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