Assisted Living Horrors Revealed

The following is from Neil E. Hendershot, Phila. Inquirer’s “Shame of the State” Investigation, PA Elder, Estate & Fiduciary Law Blog, March 1, 2007:

On February 25, 2007, after an eight-month inquiry, the Philadelphia Inquirer published an extended article examining the condition of assisted living facilities in Pennsylvania. The conclusion appears in the article’s first line: “Peer into the files of Pennsylvania’s assisted-living industry and confront a catalog of horrors.“

In “Shame of the State”, Inquirer Staff Writer Ken Kilanian concludes: “Troubled facilities and lax state oversight have for years put residents of Pennsylvania’s assisted-living homes at risk of assault, neglect — and tragedy.”