The first nursing home I entered reeked of stale urine and cigarette smoke. Residents softly moaning in pain sat unattended in the hallways and foyer. Chronically understaffed, nurses and aides hurriedly attended to the bare minimum medical needs of residents, and had little time for anything else. As I began to minister in this facility, I quickly realized that most of these residents never received a single visitor, abandoned by church and family alike.
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