so the evidence dictated against mrs. boice being neglected. i can understand how a family could be angry about what's happening to their loved one. that's real. where we go wrong is when we take that anger that that family has and that grief and that suffering and we direct it to the people who were there for the resident. they're not the evil. it's the diseases of aging that are the evil. >> thompson: it was alzheimer's and a series of strokes that led to joan's death, according to dr. richard tindall, an expert witness for emeritus. >> the bedsores or decubiti did not contribute to her death. she's having more and more difficulty walking and moving. she doesn't want to get up on her leg. they interpreted it as a problem with the foot. in reality, it's paralysis of the leg. this is a stroke syndrome. she died because of her alzheimer's and stroke leading to a bedridden status and inability to take adequate nutrition and hydration, progressive dehydration, malnutrition, which then you stop breathing and you die. and that is, in fact, in a hosp