DAVID WAHLBERG
On an outing to a concert, Arlene Rotter fell and broke several ribs.
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Ron Rotter, shown with his mother, Arlene, at Attic Angel Community in Madison, said he is impressed with the care she receives at Attic Angel's assisted living facility. Despite that, she has fallen there and broken her hips.
AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
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Helen Evanson, a certified nursing assistant, gives medication to Arlene Rotter at Attic Angel Community in Madison. Arlene Rotter has lived in a senior apartment, assisted living and the memory care portion of assisted living at Attic Angel, where she has fallen and broken her hips despite what her son Ron, pictured at right, says is good care.
AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
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Bob Spoerl displays a photo of his mother, Mary Susan Spoerl, shown with her late husband, Edward. Mary Susan Spoerl died in 2015 after falling twice in one day at Madison Pointe Senior Living, an assisted living facility in Madison.
AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
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Bob and Nola Spoerl display a quilt made by Bob's mother, Mary Susan Spoerl, years before she died from a fall at an assisted living facility.
AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
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Arlene Rotter and her son, Ron Rotter, stop by birds on display at Attic Angel Community in Madison. Arlene Rotter, a longtime volunteer for Temple Beth El, UW Hospital and Attic Angel, has been in assisted living at Attic Angel since April 2017.
AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
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Photos show Mary Susan Spoerl at Madison Pointe Senior Living in the months before she died after falling twice in one day in the bathroom.
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