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Dignity by Design

Innovative nursing facility uses architecture to give residents privacy, autonomy, and a place to call home

By Nicole Wallace

Tupelo, Miss.

As 10 o'clock approaches, James Johnson is still working on a hearty breakfast of eggs, bacon, and toast with jelly. The two women who sit at the long dining-room table with him, Cynthia Dunn and Vance Tate, finished eating hours ago.

"There's...

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