DENVER - NOVEMBER 09: Registered nurse Susan Eager applauds as Carlos Granillo, 31, lifts his leg following months of physical therapy conducted by family members at his home on November 9, 2009 in Denver, Colorado. Granillo, an immigrant from Mexico, suffered severe brain damage in a jet ski accident in July and received emergency medical care at a hospital emergency room. He was working as a construction worker without health insurance when the accident occurred. Nurse Eager works for Dominican Sisters Home Health Agency, a non-profit that performs some 25,000 home visits each year in the Denver area. The agency provides free home nursing care to patients with chronic diseases, helps them to better manage their disabling illnesses and provides custodial services with the aim of keeping patients in their homes and out of more expensive nursing home care. Getty Images logo Getty Images 27 months ago

DENVER - NOVEMBER 09: Registered nurse Susan Eager applauds as Carlos Granillo, 31, lifts his leg following months of physical therapy conducted by family members at his home on November 9, 2009 in Denver, Colorado. Granillo, an immigrant from Mexico, suffered severe brain damage in a jet ski accident in July and received emergency medical care at a hospital emergency room. He was working as a construction worker without health insurance when the accident occurred. Nurse Eager works for Dominican Sisters Home Health Agency, a non-profit that performs some 25,000 home visits each year in the Denver area. The agency provides free home nursing care to patients with chronic diseases, helps them to better manage their disabling illnesses and provides custodial services with the aim of keeping patients in their homes and out of more expensive nursing home care.

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