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Aging Matters
Aging In Place
Season 1
Episode 5
The fifth installment in Nashville Public Television’s NPT Reports: Aging Matters series examines what it takes for Tennesseans to successfully age in place. It’s what most of us say we want, to age in our own home until the end of our lives. But aging in place is no guarantee of a high quality of life.
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