Patients hope new nursing home rules fix problems

Walk in Mary Stoots’ home, and it’s obvious. Like her living room wall, her life is filled with happy memories.“Making people smile is better than anything else in the world,” she said.There are photos of her days as a local performer at bars like Deibel’s in German Village and of her family.As she looks back at the days when getting around was a little easier for her, she thinks of a turning point.After a hospital stay for a cracked hip, Stoots says she was dischar