Embed In December 2019, Cynthia Carrillo placed her older brother David at Villa Mesa Care Center, a nursing home in Upland, Calif. After the shutdown in March of 2020, Cynthia Carrillo couldn t visit David inside Villa Mesa. One month later, David, 65, who had Down syndrome, died from COVID-19. Chava Sanchez/LAist
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In December 2019, Cynthia Carrillo placed her older brother David at Villa Mesa Care Center, a nursing home in Upland, Calif. After the shutdown in March of 2020, Cynthia Carrillo couldn t visit David inside Villa Mesa. One month later, David, 65, who had Down syndrome, died from COVID-19.
At a nursing home in Glendale, a certified nursing assistant was charged with raping a mentally ill patient in her room. After the incident, according to investigators, the victim said she felt scared, sad, wanted to kill herself.
At a facility in Simi Valley, the daughter of one elderly resident told LAist that staff didn t adequately care for her mother, who developed a gruesome bedsore. I could stick my pinky in it, she said. It was down to the bone.
At a nursing home in Compton, a schizophrenic patient with one leg was inappropriately discharged. He went missing, only to turn up two weeks later in a park, unconscious, under his wheelchair. Regulators charged that the facility s lapses presented imminent danger or a substantial probability that if the man hadn t been found, he would have suffered grave harm, even death.
Immediate Jeopardy: Death And Neglect Inside A Troubled California Nursing Home Chain
By Elly Yu and Aaron Mendelson
Published Apr 6, 2021
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At a nursing home in Glendale, a certified nursing assistant was charged with raping a mentally ill patient in her room. After the incident, according to investigators, the victim said she felt scared, sad, wanted to kill herself.
At a facility in Simi Valley, the daughter of one elderly resident told LAist that staff didn t adequately care for her mother, who developed a gruesome bedsore. I could stick my pinky in it, she said. It was down to the bone.