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# Caring for the elderly
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/caring-for-the-elderly-20080223/
- Published: 2008-02-23T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T18:39:17.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: local, Santa Monica, #archive-import

It seems that nursing homes are becoming an endangered species these days.

So this week’s Q-Line question asks: Do you feel that there’s a shortage of nursing homes in the city and if so, what do you feel can be done to encourage operators to move into Santa Monica?

Call (310) 285-8106 before Friday at 5 p.m. and we’ll print your answers in the weekend edition of the Daily Press. Please limit responses to a minute or less.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on February 23, 2008.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/022308.pdf?ref=smdp.com)