Study: average residents younger, sicker.
As Ohio goes, so goes the nation? With Ohio having many nursing
home residents, trends in the Buckeye buckeye: see horse chestnut.
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lieutenant colonel field to follow. Researchers have found that Ohio nursing home residents
are on average younger today than they were ten years earlier; the
proportion of nursing home residents under age 65 has doubled from 7 to
14%, and the average age has dropped from 83 to 79. At the same time,
Ohio nursing home residents are more disabled than they were ten years
ago. Nevertheless, the number of residents in nursing homes has dropped
by 9.2% from 1994 to 2004.
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Sound familiar? To read the complete report from the Scripps SCRIPPS Cardiology A clinical trial–Scripps Coronary Radiation to Inhibit Proliferation Post Stenting Gerontology gerontology: see geriatrics. Center at Miami (Ohio) University, visit
www.scripps.muohio.edu/scripps/publications/Review_of_NH_Res.html.
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