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| Contentid | 10084 |
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| Title | Article: More Retirees Find Facilities Speaking Their Language |
| Body | From http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/25/AR2009082501760.html?referrer=emailarticle More Retirees Find Facilities Speaking Their Language Senior Centers, Nursing Homes Respond to Increased Diversity By Tara Bahrampour August 26, 2009 Dvoira Rososhanskaya wheeled her chair through the Hebrew Home of Greater Washington, past the bathrooms that say "tuyalet" in Cyrillic letters and the bookcase full of Russian translations of Agatha Christie and Arthur Conan Doyle. A Russian writer had just read his short stories to a group of senior citizens from the former Soviet Union, and Rososhanskaya, 87, had loved it. Rososhanskaya is one of 42 Russian-speaking residents at the Rockville facility, which is responding to what experts believe will be a growing demand for multicultural offerings at senior centers and nursing homes as America's elderly population becomes increasingly diverse. Read the full article at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/25/AR2009082501760.html?referrer=emailarticle |
| Source | Washington Post |
| Inputdate | 2009-09-26 06:43:55 |
| Lastmodifieddate | 2009-09-26 06:43:55 |
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| Publishdate | 2009-09-28 00:00:00 |
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