‘A slap on the wrist’: families and advocates call for increased accountability from assisted living facilities

‘A slap on the wrist’: families and advocates call for increased accountability from assisted living facilities

By Grace Vitaglione This article was written with the support of a journalism fellowship from The Gerontological Society of America, The Journalists Network on Generations and The Silver Century Foundation. Kristin Goforth and Lauren Cox, twin sisters aged 49, moved their father into a Piedmont Triad-area assisted living facility on March 13, 2021. Rick Goforth, then 75, was in good health; he was an avid walker who enjoyed being outside. But he…