{"id":9185,"date":"2018-01-08T08:29:31","date_gmt":"2018-01-08T13:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=9185"},"modified":"2018-01-08T08:29:31","modified_gmt":"2018-01-08T13:29:31","slug":"care-suffers-as-more-nursing-homes-feed-money-into-corporate-webs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=9185","title":{"rendered":"Care Suffers As More Nursing Homes Feed Money Into Corporate Webs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Jordan Rau for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n<p>MEMPHIS, Tenn. \u2014 When one of Martha Jane Pierce\u2019s sons peeled back the white sock that had been covering his 82-year-old mother\u2019s right foot for a month, he discovered rotting flesh.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt looked like a piece of black charcoal\u201d and smelled \u201clike death,\u201d her daughter Cindy Hatfield later testified. 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