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'I want to be cared for in my own home'

Michael Stevenson, 80, is staying temporarily in a nursing home in Belfast while attempts are made to find him a care package and adjustments made to this home.

The cost of a nursing home place is almost triple that of similar care in the community.

He said he wants to be cared for in his own home and not in a nursing home.

"I feel I don't belong here, I am not that bad," he said.

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