Unregulated Assisted Living Leaving the Elderly At Risk

ProPublica reports on the lack of regulation for assisted living and how this puts the elderly at risk.

Nursing homes for elder Americans (who tend to need much more skilled nursing care than the elderly living in assisted living facilities) face much stricter regulation. Not so with "assisted living facilities, [which] at least initially, were meant to provide housing, meals and help to elderly people who could no longer live on their own," ProPublica reports.

Assisted living facilities tend to be free to decide how much staff their facilities should have and don't have to be inspected by outsiders very frequently.