PODCAST: FRONTLINE Film Audio Track

Life and Death in Assisted Living

October 2, 2013

An audio version of FRONTLINE’s documentary “Life and Death in Assisted Living” airing July 30, 2013 on PBS and available for viewing online at pbs.org/frontline. It’s one of the most important and difficult decisions anyone can make: Whom should you trust with the care of your aging parents?FRONTLINE’s Life and Death in Assisted Living, a major, yearlong investigation in collaboration with ProPublica, explores the multi-billion dollar assisted living industry, and asks whether the business practices at America’s largest assisted living chain, Emeritus Senior Living, may be putting the lives of our loved ones at risk. asks whether the business practices at America’s largest assisted living chain, Emeritus Senior Living, may be putting the lives of our loved ones.

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