NURSING HOMES AND MANAGED CARE FACILITIES : UNITED STATES: CITIES: PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA: Protesters Seek to Close Philadelphia Nursing Home

NURSING HOMES AND MANAGED CARE FACILITIES : UNITED STATES: CITIES: PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA:
Protesters Seek to Close Philadelphia Nursing Home

Protesters Seek to Close Philadelphia Nursing Home
By Lloylita Prout
Inquirer Staff Writer
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"Our Homes! Not Nursing Homes!" is the message on a sweatshirt of Marshall Brown.
Brown and eight other members of Philadelphia ADAPT, a disability rights group, began a sit-in around 9 a.m. at Philadelphia Nursing Home, 2100 W. Girard Avenue, near Girard College.

By 11, the contingent had grown to 15, most of them in wheelchairs.

"There is no justice for someone in a nursing home," read a sign held by one of the demonstrators.

The group's goal is to persuade Mayor Nutter to help find homes for 50 or so disabled residents over the next six months, then get out of the nursing-home business, according to Zachary Lewis, 26, a spokesman for ADAPT.

"We want him to downsize it and eventually close it," said Lewis, who uses a wheelchair.

"There are deplorable conditions, like feces on the floor, and syringes left in beds," said Lewis, who explained that he observed conditions inside while doing volunteer work.

"We'll be here 24/7," said German Parodi, 24, vowing that until their concerns are met, the protesters will sleep at the site in a tent that was set up this morning.

Protestors Call For Mayor To Close Nursing Home
POSTED: 8:18 pm EDT August 19, 2008
UPDATED: 10:36 pm EDT August 19, 2008
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PHILADELPHIA -- For the second day in a row, protesters camped outside of Philadelphia Nursing Home on Tuesday, holding a candlelight vigil.

A group advocating for people with disabilities, ADAPT, is calling for the nursing home to be closed.

The group alleges that the elderly and disabled are abused at the nursing home.

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