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Coordination Of Care

PROLOGUE

Coordination Of Care

PROLOGUE: Alice is a ninety-year-old woman living in a small midwestern town, dwelling independently in a house she shares with her daughter and son-in-law. Over the past ten years, since the death of her husband, she has maintained her ability to live on her own, even after having suffered a broken hip and having had two knee replacement procedures, diabetes, and other recurring ailments. She has emphasized to her family that when the time comes, she wants the decision to enter supportive housing or nursing care to be hers. She frowns as she relates the story of her friend Sarah, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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