
59: Being Mortal by Atul Gawande
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The Importance of Habit in Nursing Homes
There are a lot of similarities between nursing homes and prisons, to your point earlier. And this just struck me so hard. You know, with you think about what happens in prison versus what happens in a nursing home? Like, well, it's all set schedule. All has to happen on a schedule that's set by someone other than yourself. Well, that's the same thing in a prison. Exactly. Which makes it easy to see then why there are so many people there that are bitter.
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