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The very basis of aged care and aged care facilities is to provide for the needs of the elderly. For centuries, nursing homes and other institutions have tended to those affected physically and/or psychologically with conditions attributed to senility, and these institutions have evolved from both a design and care standpoint.
76 veterans died during the outbreak. >> the subject matter and details of this report are nothing short of gut-wrenching. >> reporter: independent investigators spelling out decisions they called "utterly baffling from an infection-control perspective." the worst? a move to consolidate 40 veterans from two locked dementia units into one space designed to only hold 25, mixing the infected with those who showed no symptoms. investigators quote staff saying, that's "when hell broke loose," triggering "total pandemonium." an administrator sent in to address the crisis "described the unit as resem...