Elderly hispanics more likely to reside in poor-quality nursing homes.
The proportion of Hispanics age sixty-five and older who are living in nursing homes rose from 5 percent in 2000 to 6.4 percent in 2005. Although segregation in nursing homes seems to have declined slightly, elderly Hispanics are more likely than their non-Hispanic white peers to reside in nursing homes that are characterized by severe deficiencies in performance, understaffing, and poor care.
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Mary L
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Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. Mary_Fennell@brown.edu
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Zhanlian
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Clark
Melissa A
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