nursing home

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The BBC first investigated her case in February, when the 33-year-old was moved from hospital to a nursing home against her will.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

She’s closing in on 91 years and is in a wheelchair in a nursing home.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Think you won’t end up in a nursing home?

From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026

And we spoke with a middle-aged woman with schizophrenia and panic disorder who lives with her brother’s family because she can’t hold down a job and fears being left alone in a nursing home.

From Salon • Apr. 29, 2026

It helped, too, that gas and electricity were included in my rent and that I got two or three free meals each weekend at the nursing home.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich