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title: "19 Nursing Homes Quotes by 16 authors"
description: "Browse 19 Nursing Homes quotes by 16 authors. Discover the best Nursing Homes sayings and thoughts."
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> [Combine nursing homes with nursery schools. Bring very old and very young together: they interest one another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cage/combine-nursing-homes-with-nursery-schools-bring-very-old-and-very/)

[John Cage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cage/)

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> [“COVID-19 has swept through 75% of nursing homes in Stockholm, Sweden.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-magee/covid-19-has-swept-through-75-of-nursing-homes-in-stockholm-sweden/)

[Steven Magee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-magee/)

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> [Even common colds can cause fatal outbreaks in nursing homes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zeynep-tufekci/even-common-colds-can-cause-fatal-outbreaks-in-nursing-homes/)

[Zeynep Tufekci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zeynep-tufekci/)

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> [We'll be the old ladies causing trouble in the nursing homes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/we-ll-be-the-old-ladies-causing-trouble-in-the-nursing-homes/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [These are folks that keep people out of hospitals, out of emergency rooms, out of nursing homes. And not only that, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/atul-gawande/these-are-folks-that-keep-people-out-of-hospitals-out-of-emergency/)

[Atul Gawande](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/atul-gawande/)

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> [I was referred to her by a guardian in northern Wilmington, a guy who handles people that are moving into nursing homes.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-harris/i-was-referred-to-her-by-a-guardian-in-northern-wilmington-a-guy-who/)

[Richard Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-harris/)

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> [In nursing homes, we saw an increase in the mortality rate after private equity buys them. There are just very real life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lina-khan/in-nursing-homes-we-saw-an-increase-in-the-mortality-rate-after/)

[Lina Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lina-khan/)

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> [Without federal assistance, most elderly Americans would be unable to afford long-term care - and most nursing homes would be unable to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-pilon/without-federal-assistance-most-elderly-americans-would-be-unable-to/)

[Mary Pilon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-pilon/)

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> [I miss the hot spots. I miss the hospital calls. I miss the nursing homes. I miss the really intimate human contact…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-brown-taylor/i-miss-the-hot-spots-i-miss-the-hospital-calls-i-miss-the-nursing/)

[Barbara Brown Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-brown-taylor/)

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> [Most Americans have some experience with nursing homes or other long term care settings, and nearly half have had a family member…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/most-americans-have-some-experience-with-nursing-homes-or-other-long/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Some people spend their lives building ultimate dream homes so they can enjoy their twilight years... Others spend their last days in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-graham/some-people-spend-their-lives-building-ultimate-dream-homes-so-they/)

[Billy Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-graham/)

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> [“Nursing homes have come a long way from the firetrap warehouses of neglect they used to be. But it seems we've succumbed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/atul-gawande/nursing-homes-have-come-a-long-way-from-the-firetrap-warehouses-of/)

[Atul Gawande](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/atul-gawande/)

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> [“Children who bring their children to visit us in nursing homes. We go on about how it used to be—the extinct and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blake-crouch/children-who-bring-their-children-to-visit-us-in-nursing-homes-we-go/)

[Blake Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blake-crouch/)

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> [“Nursing homes have over the past few years seen an unprecedented influx of old coots who are no longer able to live…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hendrik-groen/nursing-homes-have-over-the-past-few-years-seen-an-unprecedented/)

[Hendrik Groen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hendrik-groen/)

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> [They usually have a piano in every nursing home, and I always wanted to perform for whoever would listen when I learned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erykah-badu/they-usually-have-a-piano-in-every-nursing-home-and-i-always-wanted/)

[Erykah Badu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erykah-badu/)

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> [Charley talking to Cookie ‘'You know those women in nursing homes that have to be restrained around the clock because they mix…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/darynda-jones/charley-talking-to-cookie-you-know-those-women-in-nursing-homes-that/)

[Darynda Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/darynda-jones/)

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> [Unlike traditional nursing homes, Green House homes provide elders with a high quality of life and quality of care in a setting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/risa-lavizzo-mourey/unlike-traditional-nursing-homes-green-house-homes-provide-elders/)

[Risa Lavizzo-Mourey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/risa-lavizzo-mourey/)

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> [“The language of medicine, with its priorities of safety and survival, was taking over, again. Wilson pointed out angrily that even children…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/atul-gawande/the-language-of-medicine-with-its-priorities-of-safety-and-survival/)

[Atul Gawande](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/atul-gawande/)

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> [We need a proper balance between government spending on nursing homes and nursery schools - on the last six months of life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-friedman/we-need-a-proper-balance-between-government-spending-on-nursing-homes/)

[Thomas Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-friedman/)

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