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Updated: 9:01 PM Mar 31, 2008
Nursing Home Cuts
Strict regulations on Florida’s nursing homes could be temporarily weakened to save money. The Florida House of Representatives just released its budget recommendations. Health care workers fear weakening the standards could put nursing home patients at risk. Posted: 3:44 PM Mar 31, 2008Reporter: Whitney Ray  Nursing Home Cuts |
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An increase in the number of falls for nrsg. home residence due to the decrease of contact hours will quickly eat up the savings with hospital addmmissions for fractured hips, etc to treat the unnecessary injuries. This will negate any savings from cutting the contact hours. Malnutrition and dehydratioon will result and reuires mor hospital addmissions also. The frailist of Fl. state residents should not bear the burden of the low cigarette tax and the lack of sales tax on stadium sky boxes and yachts.
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