Article: Where time stands still. (nursing homes)

WHERE TIME STANDS STILL

MARY ROACH sat on theside of her bed mending a torn slip and wondering who would have been foolish enough to wash such a delicate garment in a machine. Mary wouldn't have done it that way. Then again, there's a lot in Mary Roach's life these days that she would do differently, if only she could. "I never wanted to go into a nursing home,' she says, with all the vehemence that this gentle woman can muster.

For Mary, the irony is overwhelming.As the second youngest of 12 children --the only daughter to live to adulthood--she spent much of her life caring for her brothers and her parents. "I never expected to live this long,' she ...

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