The story below reminded me of issues related to our Dad's stay at Merrill Gardens Assisted Living Facility in Oceanside, California. In this article from FOX 13, the lawyer for the family of the veteran who died states:
“The biggest problem to me is the attempt to cover it up,” said Michael Prieto, who represents the Dempsey family. If they made a mistake then a person of integrity stands up and says I made mistake and you deal with the consequences that certainly hasn’t happened in this case,” Prieto said.
From all the stories that I have heard about and read about, as well as the story of our Dad, these Assisted Living Facilities are for profit and have no integrity and will never admit they made any mistake. They do everything they can to cover up any wrongdoing on their part.
Family: Video shows veteran's calls for help ignored by nurses
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DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. Family of a World War II veteran is suing the Atlanta-based nursing home where he died. They say a hidden camera, installed at Northeast Atlanta Health and Rehabilitation Center, shows the elderly man’s repeated calls for help were ignored.
Tim Demsey says his father, James Dempsey, was nervous about spending the night at the facility, so the family installed a nanny camera facing the man’s bed. Only his family and his father knew the camera existed, according to Dempsey.The family of the 89-year-old says he was supposed to be at the assisted living facility for a short time. He died at the facility in February 2014. “We would have just thought it was natural causes and everything was done that should have been done and he passed away in his sleep,” Dempsey told Channel 2’s Rachel Stockman. Dempsey says he got the real story when he took the hidden camera home and reviewed the video. “Shock, dismay, we’ve seen these people everyday,” he said.
On six occasions in the video from the morning he died, Dempsey can be seen pressing the “call/help light button from his bed.” He can also be seen yelling, “help, help, help,” and appears to be pointing to his heart. At one point a nurse on the video says, “you gotta stop putting the light on. What do you want now?” A nurse also tells him, “you’re having anxiety that’s all, you just need to calm down.”
“You would never thought that people would just let a person die,” Dempsey said.
About two hours after the initial call light, the nurses are seen administering CPR for several minutes and then the video shows the paramedics arriving – by then itis too late.
About two hours after the initial call light, the nurses are seen administering CPR for several minutes and then the video shows the paramedics arriving – by then itis too late.
The son filed a lawsuit against the facility, which is owned by one of the largest nursing home operators in the country, Atlanta-based Sava Senior care.
“The biggest problem to me is the attempt to cover it up,” said Michael Prieto, who represents the Dempsey family.
“If they made a mistake then a person of integrity stands up and says I made mistake and you deal with the consequences that certainly hasn’t happened in this case,” Prieto said.
Since Monday, Channel 2 Action News has called the company and their attorneys for comment but have not heard back.
“If they made a mistake then a person of integrity stands up and says I made mistake and you deal with the consequences that certainly hasn’t happened in this case,” Prieto said.
Since Monday, Channel 2 Action News has called the company and their attorneys for comment but have not heard back.
Family: Video shows veteran's calls for help ignored by nurses http://www.fox13memphis.com/news/family-video-shows-veterans-calls-for-help-ignored-by-nurses/11323992
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