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Institute of Medicine finds widescale abuses in nursing homes.

1986

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The study, which is ordered by Congress, reveals that residents of nursing homes across the country are being subjected to abuse, neglect, and inadequate care. Its release will prompt the passage of the Nursing Home Reform Act the following year.