Frail people, deadly care
Updated on Feb 05, 2021;
Published on Feb 04, 2021
Bettejane Jaeger over the years. Her daughters question the care she received in her final days. Courtesy of Jaeger family | NJ Advance Media photo illustration
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Glenn Osborne, a 66-year-old retired Marine Corps sergeant and Vietnam veteran, is on a battlefield. Every day, the casualties mount.
From his powered wheelchair at the troubled state-operated Veterans Memorial Home in Menlo Park, Osborne says he has witnessed the suffering of far too many fellow nursing home residents as they lay pale, barely breathing. Some, he said, are left in soiled diapers.