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USA: Big gaps found in nursing homes' disaster plans

Source(s): Associated Press
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Nearly seven years after Hurricane Katrina's devastation of New Orleans exposed the vulnerability of nursing homes, serious shortcomings persist, reports the AP.

"We identified many of the same gaps in nursing home preparedness and response," investigators from the inspector general's office of the Health and Human Services Department wrote in the report being released Monday.

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Themes Health and health facilities Disaster risk management Inclusion
Country and region United States of America

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