Seniors residing in for-profit nursing homes may be receiving lower-quality care than those in government-held or non-profit nursing facilities.

Researchers from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) have just released a report concluding that the nation's ten largest, for-profit nursing home chains tend to have higher rates of "deficiency" (sub-par sanitary conditions, falls, pressure sores, infections, etc.).

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