by Barbara L. Kornblau
To the Editor:
Re “Helping Aged Leave Nursing Homes for a Home” (news article, Sept. 19):
Older adults are not the only ones who suffer the jail-like indignities of confinement to nursing homes. The real tragedy is people with disabilities in their 20s, 30s, 40s or 50s who are condemned to spend the rest of their lives in nursing homes because of spinal cord injuries, traumatic brain injuries, cerebral palsy and other disabilities that interfere with independent self-care.
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