Upgrayeddz

Hi Lauren,

If I recall correctly from the Louis Theroux doc., your father was himself a documentary filmmaker researching the WBC when he made the decision to join. Do you what his views towards WBC were like prior to starting that project?

You're probably not answering any more questions, but on the off chance that you are, here's one.

Are you aware of any litigation pending against these companies? The most egregious abuses I hear about in this subject generally come from overseas camps, so perhaps it's a jurisdictional thing, but still.. I'm a court reporter, and I've been privy to quite a few elder abuse cases which seem to have many of the same features. Family sends a loved one to an assisted living facility, loved one's health rapidly deteriorates seemingly out of nowhere, and all of a sudden the loved one develops an alarming condition and dies. After troubled family members take the time to investigate, they find that the majority of caretakers, most of whom having not even graduated from high school, go through a half-day course to become "certified" and aren't actually equipped to deal with the level of medical care they are presumably hired to provide. These caretakers have very little understanding of geriatric care, and they consistently make decisions that put their patients into even worse conditions. Naturally, upper management doesn't care to change procedures, since cheap labor is essential to these business models, and bam, lawsuits everywhere.

Anyway, I hope these folks get justice somewhere. Thanks for the great iama!