California Lawmakers to Look Closely at Assisted Living in Upcoming Hearings

California lawmakers will hold hearings in February to examine assisted living providers in the state, following a San Diego Union-Tribune report outlining problems with assisted living homes.  The publication worked with the California Healthcare Foundation Center for Health Reporting at the University of Southern California on the investigations cited in the reports, which included two […]

Flawed System Leads to Fatal Care in Assisted Living

In San Diego, resident deaths resulting from poor care at assisted living often “fall through the cracks” with providers going largely undisciplined, according to an investigation by U-T San Diego and the California HealthCare Foundation’s Center for Health Reporting. At least 27 San Diego County seniors have died since 2008 from injuries and neglect suffered […]