Her children institutionalized her when she was too old to look after herself.

当她老得无法照顾自己时，孩子们送她去了养老院。

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But finding parents willing to take in such seriously ill children remains a formidable obstacle, and hundreds of children remain institutionalized.

但是要找到愿意接受有如此严重疾病孩子的寄养父母，仍然是件非常困难的事情，数百名儿童依然被收容在医院里。

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Parents of kids like him were told their children could be institutionalized for life.

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