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Few Americans Make End-Of-Life Wishes Known

hosted.ap.org | Matt Sedensky | Posted 11.12.2009 | Living

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Unlike most Americans, Lillian Landry made her end-of-life decisions years ago: no heroic measures to save her and even instructions on the bar where ...

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Abuse Lasts Past Mother's Day

Martha Burk | Posted 06.12.2009 | Politics

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Martha Burk

We need comprehensive elder abuse prevention laws -- using the models of prevention for violence against women and child abuse. It's about time. It's about our mothers.

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North Carolina Nursing Home Shooting Kills 6, Injures 3

AP | TOM FOREMAN Jr. and KEVIN MAURER | Posted 04.29.2009 | Home

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CARTHAGE, N.C. — A gunman barged into a North Carolina nursing home Sunday morning and started "shooting everything," going room to room in a te...

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