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Disability advocacy group seeks closure of Booneville center
An advocacy group for the disabled called on Gov. Mike Beebe today to close the Booneville Human Development Center because of inadequate patient care, including the recent death of a resident who choked on a sandwich.
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Health Sentinel: Guardians make key decisions for elderly and people with disabilities
Is 65 the new 50? I’d like to think so.
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Cathy Ludlum says she has a great life, but since childhood she’s been aware not everyone thinks so.
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Cases: An Ill Father, a Life-or-Death Decision
I am utterly spent by the time my father lands in the emergency room, shortly after 1 a.m. on a cold January night.
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Hard Choice for a Comfortable Death: Sedation
In almost every room people were sleeping, but not like babies. This was not the carefree sleep that would restore them to rise and shine for another day. It was the sleep before — and sometimes until — death.