Nursing Homes Not Prepared To Care For Obese Residents

Posted by Jonathan Rosenfeld on January 02, 2009

The Brownsville Herald had an article on nursing homes inability to care an increasingly large portion of the nursing home population-- the morbidly obese.  Under-staffing is particularly problematic for large nursing home residents.  Obese nursing home residents require special equipment and additional staffing in order for their needs to be met.  Read more about the special needs of obese nursing home residents here.

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