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Life and death in assisted living [videorecording (DVD)].

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PBS Distribution, 2013.

DVD 362.16 L722 Doc

Emeritus Senior Living.

Congregate housing -- Case studies.

Health facilities, Proprietary.

Patients -- Safety measures.

Quality assurance.

Older people -- Care -- United States.

Older people -- Institutional care -- United States.

Alternate title:

Frontline. Life and death in assisted living [videorecording (DVD)]

[videorecording (DVD)].

1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : digital stereo. sd., col. ; 12 cm.

English SDH (Subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing).

A Frontline Production ; Yellow River Productions ; Writers, Carl Byker, A.C. Thompson ; Producer, Carl Byker ; Co-producer, A.C. Thompson.

Correspondent, A.C. Thompson.

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 year-long investigation, Frontline and ProPublica raise questions about fatal lapses in care, understaffing, and a quest for profits.

Documentary television programs.

Films for the hearing impaired.

Thompson, A. C.

Yellow River Productions.

Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.).

PBS Distribution (Firm)

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