LIFE AND DEATH IN ASSISTED LIVING
July 30, 2013
WRITTEN BY
Carl Byker & A.C. Thompson
PRODUCED BY
Carl Byker
CORRESPONDENT & CO-PRODUCER
A.C. Thompson
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Katie Taber
Kate McMahon
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Phil Turner
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Jim Ferguson
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Jim Sullivan
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Eurie Chung
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RESEARCH
Ali Winston
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Andrew Bergman
ADDITIONAL MUSIC
John E. Low
ADDITIONAL VOICE-OVER
Charles Linshaw
Will Lyman
ARCHIVAL MATERIALS
Library of Congress
SPECIAL THANKS
Philip Bennett
Lowell Bergman and the Investigative Reporting Program,
UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism
Keren Brown Wilson
Mary’s Woods not-for-profit Continuing Care Retirement Community
Rackleff Place, an Assisted Living Community
San Bernardino Superior Court
Iowa Methodist West Hospital
Medical Center EMS, Bowling Green, KY
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