Assisted Living’s Breakneck Growth Leaves Patient Safety Behind

(By Jordan Rau for Kaiser Health News)

They found Bonnie Walker’s body floating in a pond behind her assisted living facility in South Carolina. There were puncture wounds on her ear, her temple, her jaw and her cheeks.

Her right forearm and her pacemaker were inside one of the alligators that lived in the pond. Continue reading article here…

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