Tens of thousands of seniors. The biggest thing i always heard was, we need 100 . Fill the building, 100 . Correspondent a. C. Thompson interviews insiders who are telling their stories for the first time. Did you worry, hey, ive got an Impossible Task here. I could do something that leads to somebodys death . All the time. Tonight ofrontline, life and death in assisted living. The head of the state Licensing Agency told me, assisted living is the rock we dont want to look under. Frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from and by the corporation for public broadcasting. Major support for frontline is provided by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. More information is available at macfound. Org. Additional funding is provided by the park foundation. Dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. The wyncote foundation. And by tfrontline Journalism Fund with a grant from
Tens of thousands of seniors. The biggest thing i always heard was, we need 100 . Fill the building, 100 . Correspondent a. C. Thompson interviews insiders who are telling their stories for the first time. Did you worry, hey, ive got an Impossible Task here. I could do something that leads to somebodys death . All the time. Tonight ofrontline, life and death in assisted living. The head of the state Licensing Agency told me, assisted living is the rock we dont want to look under. Frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from and by the corporation for public broadcasting. Major support for frontline is provided by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. More information is available at macfound. Org. Additional funding is provided by the park foundation. Dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. The wyncote foundation. And by tfrontline Journalism Fund with a grant from
Many times when i would go over, he looked like a dirty old man. Thompson one night, george left his room and went wandering through the facility. Records show that for almost half an hour, there was no one on duty in his wing of the building, and workers had failed to lock away a bottle of industrial strength dishwashing liquid. At some point that night, george picked it up and drank it. It contained a highly caustic chemical which severely burned his lips, esophagus and lungs. When he was in the hospital, his face almost looked like what you picture in a horror story of a death mask. And i hope that he wasnt aware of what was going on, but we certainly were afraid that he was just in horrific pain because he would almost try to sit up. Well, one time he did sit up. He did sit up. And opened his eyes, yes. And we said, daddy, were right here. Thompson the hospital couldnt save george, and on march 4, 2009, he died. The state of georgia found emeritus negligent in georges death. The si
They did not have the staterequired training, they didnt have the emeritusrequired training. And examining the care this forprofit chain provides to tens of thousands of seniors. The biggest thing i always heard was, we need 100 . Fill the building, 100 . Correspondent a. C. Thompson interviews insiders who are telling their stories for the first time. Did you worry, hey, ive got an Impossible Task here. I could do something that leads to somebodys death . All the time. Tonight ofrontline, life and death in assisted living. The head of the state Licensing Agency told me, assisted living is the rock we dont want to look under. Frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from and by the corporation for public broadcasting. Major support for frontline is provided by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. More information is available at macfound. Org. Additional funding is provided by the park
Been investigating this growing industry. You dont have to worry about federal government rules and regulations like you have to with a nursing home. And the countrys largest assisted living company. They did not have the staterequired training, they didnt have the emeritusrequired training. And examining the care this forprofit chain provides to tens of thousands of seniors. The biggest thing i always heard was, we need 100 . Fill the building, 100 . Correspondent a. C. Thompson interviews insiders who are telling their stories for the first time. Did you worry, hey, ive got an Impossible Task here. I could do something that leads to somebodys death . All the time. Tonight ofrontline, life and death in assisted living. The head of the state Licensing Agency told me, assisted living is the rock we dont want to look under. Frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from and by the corporation for public broadcasting. Major support for frontline is provided by the jo