Life and Death in Assisted Living (full documentary)

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And more more patience
Comment from : asianpinay zreh

With people not wanting to work these days these asstd living places must be a mess I feel sorry for the patients and their families God help them ❤
Comment from : willa knotts

How could that stupid and negligent son @ 34:22 not believe his own dad when the dad said mom wasn’t getting good care? What in the world is wrong with that son that he’d ignore something that important coming from his own dad?
Comment from : Crystal C

These people are so despicable that I’m outraged and absolutely disgusted!!! I’d love to see that Granger Cobb himself one day and his own parents be mistreated and/or abused in the same facilities and see if he’d give the same response that, “its not unusual to have these kinds of incidents”
Comment from : Crystal C

22:28 EXACTLY QUEEN!!!!!! TALK THAT 💩!!!! HOPE YOU GET MILLIONS
Comment from : Martin Leon

😮😮 mom😢
Comment from : Angie Vasquez

The personal care home I'm in kept me from meeting with a police officer I know even that was a long shot cause the police and judge in this town aren't good people either but the security will do anything to cover up I'm sure of that
Comment from : Treye Williams

How animated and excited the CEO was when talking about the increasing number of baby boomers who would be needing care in the near future Almost like he couldn't wait for that ship to dock and the wealth they could expect to gleen!!
Comment from : Linda

ill make sure ill never have to go into one
Comment from : Kathy Crawford

I in no way condone the actions and negligence of these so called "assisted living" facilities BUT many families are so quick to place blame etc, but never take the resident home Just saying there is no amount of money that will buy love and respect for your elders
Comment from : Janice Leffingwell

Experience is how Learning day by day and actually caring The REAL problem is insufficient staff Low pay to aides bc we don't have an STNA yet have been in healthcare for over a decade and for us, we bring experience but can't get the job
Comment from : NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCES

BOY IS THIS TRUE!!!! I AM A NURSE WHO WORKED AT AN ASSISTED LIVING WITH A MEMORY CARE UNIT AND THE STAFF WERE NOT TRAINED PROPERLY TO CARE FOR MEMORY CARE…I REPORTED ABOUT A WOMAN MANY TIMES THAT SHE NEEDED SKILLED CARE BUT HER FAMILY WAS RICH AND POWERFUL AND THEY DIDNT WANT HER TO GO TO SKILLED NURSING…I QUIT BECAUSE OF THE TERRIBLE CONDITIONS I WITNESSED… I WAS NOT LISTENED TOO AT ALL…IT WAS VERY SAD AND HER FAMILY WAS PAYING $7000 A MONTH FOR HER CARE!!!! I WAS SHOCKED AT THE AMOUNTS OF MONEY THESE PEOPLE WERE PAYING FOR CARE!!!! ITS VERY DANGEROUS I BELIEVE…IT WAS THE HEIGHTH OF COVID AND NO FAMILY COULD VISIT AND I HAS DEMENTIA AND ALZHEIMERS PATIENTS ASKING IF THEIR FAMILY WAS MAD AT THEM AND NOT VISITING BUT OF COURSE THEY COULDN’T RETAIN THE INFORMATION I GAVE THEM…SO SAD… 😢😢😢😢😢
Comment from : Nurse Geriatric Retired

No one is going to take care of your little bed one like you would
Comment from : Diana Kidd

This is ten years old Why haven’t legislators taken more action? Staff/patient ratios, for starters?? 😢
Comment from : Carnivore Champion

24:29 I feel that this is true *everywhere* Not just in Assisted Living but in Nursing Homes too For instance, Nursing homes are not set up, nor are they capable of taking care of psychotic patients with violent tendenciesbut what do they do just to keep their beds filled and their numbers up? ADMIT THEM IN ANYWAY It drives me mad
Comment from : Kagome Higurashi

🐇🕯Do the abusers not understand that one day they will need medical care or have they taken enough money to secure their future with care workers?
Comment from : dodgingbullets

I worked at an assisted living that looked beautiful but was brutal They allowed people with severe memory loss to live in the more expensive apartments, but with little care They charged per call-light even with repeated, unanswered calls from those with STM loss
Comment from : MM C

Nobody ever called me Called him but he didnt want be bothered
Comment from : J S

They trick you and mom always telling me wild storys
Comment from : J S

My mom cause ofb death letter Said heart papations and major panics What scared her so bad it caused it She wouldnt keep the help and ruin them off send them home I told her my brother said one more time you tell her not playing I warned her begged her to please dont run them off And she did and he had her nice place not cheap cost close 5 grand month out her pocket But she just wanted go home And mad as heck at him bigtime and knew my habds tied He had legal medical care I know something happen i know she bucked the system im sure But didnt have heart promblems healthy just grieving for my daddy She lived ms But we put here close to brother in germantown tn
Comment from : J S

😂😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😅
Comment from : Paula Trinidad

People do yourself a favor and if you care about someone in your family, find someone who can Quit their job, the lowest income and Take Care of them at home It's infinitely cheaper and better for them Quit pushing people into these careful facilities It's the children's responsibility to take care of the parents until they die at home, grow the f*** up
Comment from : Winston Sizemore

State governments should SHUT THESE BUSINESSES DOWN!! Lawsuits are not the answer - all the remaining residents are in danger! Assisted Living used to be about accepting only those who only needed housekeeping and communal living, including meals Anyone unable to care for themselves was referred to a nursing home Period
Comment from : Lesley Heller

What puzzles me is that the victims died horrible deaths while their children, which should have been their loving caregivers to begin with, got rich Only in America! They saw their loved decondition, but did not remove them from harm's way People get depressed when removed from home and placed in unfamiliar conditions, I think the first two victims, most likely committed suicide These peope were abandoned, by families that benefited from their suffering I personally know the story of a poor old lady who's only relative never visited her until it was time to collect money from postmortem lawsuit
Comment from : Corina Maxim

Department of Aging in Wi, killed my partner!
Comment from : Michael Riley

It’s still going on right now In every assisted nursing home in America
Comment from : Lori Aldrich

Get her out pronto
Comment from : Arthuur Wong

I’m sorry he visited his mother 4-5x a week and they didnt know doesn’t make sense and the dad told him they weren’t treating her right
Comment from : Tanya716

My grandmother’s 24k small hoop earrings that was always in her ears disappeared A cheap clock, so she can see the time to go to the cafeteria disappeared in 1 week Anything that was decent, gone
Comment from : S CT

I knew all along and didn’t bother to buy long term care insurance I will take care of my husband who is 13 years older than I As for me I rather died than go into a nursing home We have no kids and no immediate family
Comment from : S CT

Mrs Boyce's Son is to be highly commended for his Honesty, lack of Greed, true concern for others who came after his Late Mother's death The vast , and overwhelming understaffing & lack of training of what staff there is in these places is Monumental brIronically, my late MIL , and her late Husband had paid for decades into an insurance policy for "Long Term Health Care" They were adamant that they NOT be moved into our homes ( any of us kids) and instead be placed into a full nursing facility Even after witnessing the lack of care , and attention that my late FIL received, for 5 years, while she made 2 trips a day, to ensure he was fed, and had his needs met, it did not change her mind about living at home with either some of us kids, or a full- time Nursing staff Instead she ( and her late Husband ) were bound & determined that they were going to " get their money's worth" out of these policies that had paid into over the years $ 6000 a month, at home, with a CMA, or an LPN, OR RN, would have made a world of difference as far as the care they would have received brThis situation with BOTH Assisted Care living places, AND Full Care facilities is only getting worse, as these places have become " dumping" grounds for the infirm elderly, whose families are either ignorant as to what takes place in the way of care, OR the justifications they make for placing a loved one into these places , thinking they will be well cared for, and they ( the grown children) can go on with their lives They tell themselves that as long as they are checking on their parents regularly things will be addressed and taken care of Nothing could be further from the truth brAnother thing , that was never mentioned in this Documentarythe rate of suicides amount those diagnosed with any type of Dementia, or ongoing medical issues, BEFORE the patients lose the ability to carry out what they seem, is a far better end to life, than a long drawn out suffering at the hands of people who are essentially strangersbrThis whole issue is something that needs to be addressed by regulating & oversight committees, as well as families who continue placing elderly loved ones into these facilities The self- denial that starts at the top of these corporate chains, clear down to the families who trust the care of their loved ones to be carried out by these huge money making machines is horrid
Comment from : Renee T

At the 23:00 mark, "That was one where we actually followed our procedures" Yikes
Comment from : rockymountainsmom

Yes Isee it right now,my husband is in a place for Alzheimer’s it is 1 yrsago he is going down hill they give him pills to calm him down and the people who work spend very less time,and Ithink they are hired people with no trainingThose places are no good,don’t trust those places
Comment from : Jeannette Schouten

Senior care should be done by the Federal Government and paid by the government All of us will get old someday and get frail and sick People who worked hard for 40+ years (in any types of jobs) really deserve to be cared for free of charge when they need it Just by raising the income tax (and other appropriate taxes) slightly will cover all the expenses
Comment from : Bárðarbunga, Iceland

I hope I never end up in one of those death homes
Comment from : Samuel Jaramillo

Wait Wait…WAIT A MINUTE!!!!! Did this man, “Granger Cobb” just blow this family off with a half AS$ excuse because the employees of one of “HIS” nursing homes didn’t do their jobs that they get paid to do? That’s why they are in that business…that’s why they have nursing homes,right? So this is what families pay for? I think he should have taken a little more time to think about what this did to this family and instead of making excuses, get some action plans going and start holding your company accountable I’m sorry but if this were my family, I would not let up until changes are made Scream that from the highest mountain!!! You can’t sit here and make excuses for someone loosing their life!!!! COME ON!!!!!!!
Comment from : Kay Tate

Wonderful story Please don't feel bad about your Mom You are HONORING her spirit and she can feel that vibration where ever she is The love will fill her heart right now! And YOURS! :)
Comment from : Mary Dobson

I do not want to grow old in America The care is deadly
Comment from : Beachy

My mother is currently the Power of Attorney for their elderly neighbor She’s nearly 83, her husband killed himself last May She’s in the early stages of Dementia as well brbrHer “daughter-in-law” just got caught stealing over $13,000 from her since her husband’s death I’m glad my mom is POA, they’re the only family she has and they’re THIEVES! How sad!brbrAnd it happens every day 🥹
Comment from : Ryan

Family should take care of family unless it is physically impossible I would NEVER EVER put my parents in a home They’ll live with ME That way I know they’re being taken care of, not slapped around, disciplined etc brbrIt happens more than you think
Comment from : Ryan

Ever ever go to visit at a nursing home on a regular schedule … never do that change the day change the time of day etc… Keep staff on their toes and wondering whn next family member will come in
Comment from : Terry

Have enough horror stories to fill novels as a nurse aid in assistant living Imagine what covid was like since this was filmed brWill share one experience that sups up the evil of profit over peoplebrCovid out break over 60 cases New trash cans with lids would be too expensive and unsightly sitting in the hall ways We were told to used a box with a red bio trash bag inside the residents room brWe don PPE to enter a residents room infected with covid Was told to take everything off mask gloves face shield gown while still in the room discard everything in the cardboard box with a red bio trash bag brAbsolutely no regard for resident or staff safety If caught walking out with PPE still on we got wrote up brThe cherry on the cake during that time a resident was admitted to recover from tuberculosis!!! Nursing home wouldn't admit her We were never told about her condition Funny the things one can find out on a nurse's unattended lap top I was God smacked in order to work in a nursing home you have to be tested for tuberculosis but not in assistant living Nothing was done to quarantine her No one was supposed to know Putting staff and residents in danger of contracting tuberculosis A meno from the home corporate office after the outbreak had passed we were told to use less gloves How us that even possible unless we go from room to room never changing them Can't use gloves to serve residents food anymore These residents pay 10 grand plus a month to live there
Comment from : Mojo Jeinxs

This is eye-opening, and I can speak from experience that it has only gotten worse since Covid It's a scarry future that is in-store for most of us, in the not too distant futurebrbrAloha
Comment from : Henrik Christiansen

Shocking and horrible
Comment from : Celeste G-G

We’re so afraid of death, shows our lack of faith in Christ’s redemption Pharmakia is the sorcerer’s apprentice
Comment from : TruthIris

Dont care how hard my mom gets to handle I will put locks on the doors and windows and use proper medication to take care of her in her house Never sending her to a home I know I worked in this for years All they want is money Your family member is just a dollar sign
Comment from : SheWolf

The training is pathetic and pay very low for what is expected of CNAs working in memory care
Comment from : SheWolf

THIS MUST CHANGE!!!
Comment from : Capricorn Garnet

8 Hours!!!! I should be weeks at a minimum
Comment from : Myra Ephross

Doctors and medical staff DO NOT care about the quality of life; at all they care about their "dealings" and "contracts" along the medical supply chain Any doctor that INSISTS an elderly patient go into a faciitly I'd immediately suspect his REAL interest in that
Comment from : A MC

No one can take care of an elderly relative like the family Keep your elderly parent at home Lord have mercy on the elderly 🙏🙏🙏
Comment from : Irene Salness

at 43:44, richard tindall lies through his teeth those places are so scared of the repercussions when a patient falls that they don;t allow the patient to get out of bed often the beds are alarmed so that if a resident gets off the bed it sets off an ear piercing alert Thus, sentenced to perpetual bed rest, patients suffer sarcopenia and difficulty with balance - forced immobility, the antithesis of a healthy lifestyle
Comment from : loupavoider

I worked in one I would not recommend it for a frail person
Comment from : Jeanette Lang

Worked in a nursing home for two months Two of us (CNAs) to sixteen people It was a royal mess, we had no time, little help, and way too much to do to form a bond with patients It sufked ass i tell ya
Comment from : PansexualPixels

Staff doesn’t have to be certified like in nursing homes
Comment from : Barbara Langley

They have less staff
Comment from : Barbara Langley

Haven’t even watched this yet, but this story is exactly why I kept my mom at home until she died When you put your loved one in a facility, you’re expecting others to take care of them as well as you ‘would’ That’s not possible in my book No one loved my mom as much as me
Comment from : Progress Not Perfection

A week long relationship resulted in a baby’s death This was a woman whom didn’t want to have a baby and was forced to do so by the state Sane healthy mothers would never ever leave a child with a man they’d known for a week 😢 rip little baby
Comment from : Kim

Whenever I walked into an assisted living facility and see the baby grand piano and the grand staircase and five-star hotel like atmosphere, I see where most the money is going Marketing to attract customers A facade
Comment from : Stephanie T

I will not live in an assistant living
Comment from : Tonia Lenza

Wow! Not for me thank you!
Comment from : Madeleine Von Stoy-Walls

With 23 million you can open a excellent home In honor of your mom
Comment from : Krymylda MacDonald

Who are the witnesses ? The people who live there ? Really ?
Comment from : Krymylda MacDonald

This guy about the back door policy does not make sense
Comment from : Krymylda MacDonald

My friend had to put his mom in a nursing home But he or I were there every day We took off sheets , checked under her clothes The first week things didn’t look good They realized we were not going anywhere Things improved 100
Comment from : Krymylda MacDonald

I feel this is another Frontline which is very important I know seniors aren’t at the top of your interests but…
Comment from : Carol OBrien

in nursing homes if you have Medicaid , it better to be called Medicaid assisted suicide
Comment from : Doug McClelland

I pray I will go before someone puts me in assisted living
Comment from : SusieQ

Memory Care Units need to be heavily regulated due to patients having cognitive decline!
Comment from : Margo Randolph

I hope that Granger Cobb is rotting in hell
Comment from : Melanie Tatco

It is unbelievable and very outrageous that government does not care for the elders They think that by sending a miserable nonsense and useless retirement check, which is enough for nothing is enough when EVERYTHING is WAAAAYYY more expensive as we get older and older It is preferable to die than continue dealing with life, becoming a burden for the family, if any is available, causing problems and spending all the limited and not enough life savings It is very, super ridiculous
Comment from : Polvo Celeste

When I think of Assisted Living I think Of Happy Gilmore
Comment from : Dildo Dealer

Working at assisted living is like working at any high-paid corporation you have The Good, The bad, and The ugly! Assisted living AKA healthcare is a billion-dollar industry! Not many of the facility's support true needs for their residence and second of all the staff members I personally work and have done per diem jobs at multiple facilities Despite despite how everyone is treated they still managed to continue to grow! I am a new LPN and it's way better working at these facilities than any hospital that is so stressful and you get burned out quicker working at any hospital for sure
Comment from : Kymberrlie Michelle Cason

I don't trust America from pharmaceutical to care systems that corrupted and greedybrPeople needs to be educated by themselves before getting old and sickbrI will stay in my own place as long as I canbrWhen I am losing my battle to sickness,I will sell everything and move to Swiss to end my last breath by my own willbrbrWhen I had a sugery, it left me a hideous debt even with medical insurance, and I learned a hard lesson brIt made me sickbrNext time , I just fly to other country to get a surgery that will be a better option because better quality medical service will cost only 10 to 30 Mostly I will be cared with compassion
Comment from : moonlim33

All those people who run these places should have to live there wi the same treatment that they were given to others😢😢😢😢 brAnd not having any way to pay for everything that they are getting
Comment from : charlena

I will look into euthanasia if I can't take care of myself I'm 91 years old introvert and live alone most of the time I still have a 76 year old wife who is an extrovert and live where she grew up
Comment from : owleyes 11

Wondering if Seniors are willing to teach English I have been studying English and I need an english conversations class, I bet I can learn a lot just by talking to them and that can gave them a purpose also
Comment from : Bego Fernandez

Lots of caregivers don'tgive a shit sad makes me sick,but they charge these people a fortune ,and these money hungry people want the money!! Go figure, money hungry assholes,!!! Politics!!!@
Comment from : Robyn

You didn't see that reality, I checked my father everytime, hello you check your don😢count on anyone because it's your family member, hello
Comment from : Robyn

I used to work in these facilities, how sickening it was, how they hire people that aren't competent to have the position they have,makes me sick!! What is happening with our system, these employers just hire anyone that don't do there jobs correctly and it makes me angry because I have to clean up what they didn't do It shouldn't be this way Interview people, background check ect, before you hire people!!!
Comment from : Robyn

There is an answer to this problem brAny senior who has enough money to live in one of these places, should, instead, be kept at the home of their own children with either live in caretaking or have revolving caretakers come in to the home provide carebrThat doesn't mean the caretaker should become Cinderella and do ALL the housecleaning, making dinner for everyone and doing everyone's laundry All the caregiver should be focused on is the loved one's bath, laundry, meals, keeping the room tidy and taking them to doctor visits, making sure the house is safe for the dementia patientbrI understand that this may not be possible for everyone to do for their parent, but always keep in mind, no one cares or loves your parent like you do - as you've witnessed viewing this true life filmbrThis is just beyond sad
Comment from : noelle agape

Note to self: If I'm ever diagnosed with dementia, make sure that I don't end up in one of these facilities by any means possible!
Comment from : Sandy T

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Comment from : Sterl Girl

Why do these white male CEOs still wear business suits to appear credible? Ugh
Comment from : Holly Winchell

It is very hard to time manage a persons activities of daily living The people dont have help because everyone makes it about money There are some clients, residents, family that are so amazing ans thankful There are few that can be so difficult to care for every day
Comment from : D Wilson

My body is getting wore out Doctors presribe so many meds to keep just one person alive brbrI can't believe they are still alive It's weird that this is part of life How many people would be unemployed if we didn't age and create a need?
Comment from : D Wilson