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20 Common Nursing Home Problems—and How To Resolve Them
Author: Eric Carlson, J.D., staff attorney, National Senior Citizens Law Center

This simple-to-understand and easy-to-use guide allows you to help residents get more and better care from nursing homes. Author Eric Carlson draws on first-hand experience with hundreds of cases involving residents' rights to help you solve some of the most common problems in nursing-home care. Free to AFT members and their families. Click here to download the guide.