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"She is just getting used to the place, and we have to pluck her out and find her a new place," said Myrta Chico-Acevedo , about her 86-year-old mother with dementia who lives in the home.

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Daniella Zalcman for The Wall Street Journal Myrta Chico-Acevedo, left, shown with her 86-year-old mother, Miguela Candelaria, a resident at the Bialystoker Center.

Effort to Save Nursing Home Joseph De Avila 2011

Now Myrta reaches into her pocketbook, finds her wallet and pulls out her own $2 bill.

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Now Myrta reaches into her pocketbook, finds her wallet and pulls out her own $2 bill.

After 9/11: 50 dates that quietly changed America 2011

"Haitians have less room to increase their expenditures on their food," said Myrta Kaulard, Haiti's country director for the U.N. World Food Program.

Haiti again feels pinch of rising food prices 2011

Myrta put her gown back on and went down to the kitchen.

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One of the barmaids dashed into the room before Myrta had time to say "enter."

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He dashed off, and Myrta returned to the bar to wait for help to arrive.

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Myrta walked into the bar to find Ruven complaining to Rose and Margaret.

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Myrta went to bed in the early hours of the next morning believing that life was back to normal.

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