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Case #003: Not Just the Elderly A nursing home drug-resistant infection changed everything. The PICC line stayed in a month past its removal date. Then came VRE. MRSA. Carbapenem-resistant bacteria. New wounds appearing faster than old ones healed. Contact isolation at 35 years old. He's still alive. Still fighting. Still failed by a system that sees patients as billing codes. Nursing home neglect is not an old person's problem. It's a system problem. This is Marcus's story.

Read about nursing home drug-resistant infection and the vital need for better protocols in patient care and rehabilitation.
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