California Sues Brookdale Senior Living, Says Chain Misrepresents Quality Of Care

(March 16, 2021, 1:21 PM EDT) -- BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — The nation’s largest owner and operator of senior living facilities “has systematically violated numerous laws that protect senior and disabled Californians” by “falsely advertising” the quality of care it provides “to lure prospective residents” and by failing to properly notify and prepare patients and families for transfers and discharges, in violation of the state unfair competition law (UCL) and false advertising law (FAL), the California attorney general and other prosecutors in the state allege in a March 16 complaint....