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Article: CLINTON LAUNCHES CRACKDOWN ON LAX NURSING HOMES.(News)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- July 22, 1998
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Calling the care of the elderly one of the nation's ``most sacred duties,'' President Clinton said yesterday he is cracking down on nursing homes that are lax about quality and on states that do a poor job of regulating them.
The president asked Congress to tighten oversight of nursing homes. And he used his executive authority to require that states inspect nursing homes on a frequent and random basis, ``so there is no time to hide neglect and abuse.''
``The duty we owe to our parents is one of the most sacred duties we as Americans owe to each other,'' Clinton said. ``When people living in nursing homes have as much fear from dehydration and poor ...
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