Frontline: Life & Death in Assisted Living
Movies & TV / DVD
Movies/TV › Television: Series
UPC: 841887019668 / Publisher: Pbs (Direct), October 2013
Examines assisted living facilities in America and explores complaints about the care elderly Americans receive in these facilities.
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Nearly 750,000 elderly Americans are spending their later years in for-profit assisted living facilities. This loosely regulated, multibillion-dollar industry is dominated by one company: Emeritus Senior Living. In a major year-long investigation, FRONTLINE and ProPublica raise questions about fatal lapses in care, understaffing, and a quest for profits within a company that operates more than 400 assisted living facilities across the country.
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