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FRONTLINE; Life and Death in Assisted Living
07/25/2013
WGBH EDITED MASTER (GREEN LABEL) FRON 3113 HD 001
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- Series
- FRONTLINE
- Program
- Life and Death in Assisted Living
- Program Number
3113
- Series Description
Premiered January 1983 Since January 1983, FRONTLINE has served as American public television's - PBS - flagship public affairs series. Hailed upon its television broadcast debut as "the last best hope for broadcast documentaries," FRONTLINE's stature over 23 years is reaffirmed each week through incisive documentaries covering the scope and complexity of the human experience. Series release date: 1/1983
- Program Description
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.
A FRONTLINE production with Yellow River Productions in partnership with ProPublica
- Duration
00:56:10
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Genres
- Documentary
- Topics
- News
- Public Affairs
- Citation
- Chicago: “FRONTLINE; Life and Death in Assisted Living,” 07/25/2013, GBH Archives, accessed September 16, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_CDE39059FF6549EFA9761BEDA095CB0D.
- MLA: “FRONTLINE; Life and Death in Assisted Living.” 07/25/2013. GBH Archives. Web. September 16, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_CDE39059FF6549EFA9761BEDA095CB0D>.
- APA: FRONTLINE; Life and Death in Assisted Living. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_CDE39059FF6549EFA9761BEDA095CB0D