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Elder Hairdresser Makes Nursing Home Patients Look Beautiful

caption: Joanne Hubacka has been doing hair for four decades at a nursing home in Kirkland, Washington.
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Joanne Hubacka has been doing hair for four decades at a nursing home in Kirkland, Washington.
KUOW Photo/Ruby de Luna

Getting your hair done can be good medicine. It’s one reason why Joanne Hubacka, 69, is so busy. For four decades, Hubacka has been fixing people’s hair at life care center, a nursing home in Kirkland. Her profile is part of an ongoing series of audio portraits of people who challenge our assumptions of old age.

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