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TUESDAY February 5, 2013 : DYING YOUNG: NOLA SAYNE'S profoundly disabled son ZACH was only ten years old when she was forced to make the gut-wrenching decision to place him in a nursing home. She was unable to find a facility in Georgia where they lived. The closest skilled-care facility that would accept him was 200 miles away from home. The state of Georgia would pay nothing if Zach lived at home. But it offered to pay the full cost of a nursing home. For the last 15 years of Zach's life, Nola made that 400-mile round trip every two or three weeks. Nationwide, more than 6,000 children live in nursing homes.
© zReportage.com Story of the Week # 459: TUESDAY February 5, 2013 : DYING YOUNG: NOLA SAYNE'S profoundly disabled son ZACH was only ten years old when she was forced to make the gut-wrenching decision to place him in a nursing home. She was unable to find a facility in Georgia where they lived. The closest skilled-care facility that would accept him was 200 miles away from home. The state of Georgia would pay nothing if Zach lived at home. But it offered to pay the full cost of a nursing home. For the last 15 years of Zach's life, Nola made that 400-mile round trip every two or three weeks. Nationwide, more than 6,000 children live in nursing homes.
Sept. 3, 2011 - Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. - NOLA SAYNE cruises to the courtyard at Montgomery Children's Speciality Center where ZACH has lived for 15 years. Sayne's profoundly disabled son ZACH was only ten years old when she was forced to make the gut-wrenching decision to place him in a nursing home.
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Sept. 3, 2011 - Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. - NOLA SAYNE trims Zach's fingernails every time she visits him. Sayne, who was unable to find a facility in Georgia where they lived, had to place him in a nursing home 200 miles away.
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Sept. 3, 2011 - Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. - JEFF SAYNE lifts his stepson for a ride in his wheelchair.
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Sept. 3, 2011 - Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. - As time approaches for NOLA SAYNE to leave, she says 'I love you, Zach.' The state of Georgia would pay nothing if Zach lived at home. But it offered to pay the full cost of a nursing home.
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Sept. 3, 2011 - Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. - NOLA SAYNE reads her son's favorite storybook to him in the family room at the nursing home. For the last 15 years of Zach's life, Nola made that 400-mile round trip every two or three weeks.
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Sept. 3, 2011 - Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. - NOLA SAYNE gives a gentle touch to her son's fragile hand.
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Jan. 19, 2013 - Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. - NOLA SAYNE receives hugs from friends at a memorial service for Zach. Zach died January 5 in the nursing home.
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Oct. 31, 2011 - Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. - NOLA SAYNE outside her suburban Atlanta home with a portrait of her son ZACH. Nationwide, more than 6,000 children live in nursing homes, with thousands more who are in their 20s, experts said.
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Robin Rayne

ROBIN RAYNE is an Atlanta based, internationally published magazine and newspaper photojournalist and documentary film producer, specializing in developmental disability issues, human rights and social justice concerns. Spanning a 35 year national magazine career, his work has appeared in Newsweek, Time, Business Week, Forbes, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, NBC News, DOUBLEtruck Magazine, Paris Match, zReportage.com and Der Spiegel, among dozens more. Robin's stories and projects have been syndicated globally by ZUMA Press since the agency's beginning in 1993. Robin and his wife Kyla live in Canton, Georgia with their trusty dog Seamus a Wheaten terrier.:459


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