CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
February 4, 2012 | By Anna Gorman, Los Angeles Times
While Jesse Bravo was being treated for schizophrenia at White Memorial Medical Center last year, his wife, Laura, called the hospital daily and visited him several times. But when hospital officials decided to discharge him, Laura Bravo said, they didn't notify her and instead left him outside a rehabilitation center in South Los Angeles. She said her husband, who is not homeless, never went inside and spent days on the streets before being found. "Not knowing where he was was very scary," she said.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
June 2, 2011 | By Maria L. La Ganga, Los Angeles Times
Reporting from Madera, Calif. -- 'Don't leave me," Stephanie Hernandez implored, as she fumbled with her cellphone to dial 911. "I need you. I need you. " Hernandez had just changed her great-aunt's diaper and was coaxing her to take a sip of water when Maria "Concha" Lopez, 91, stopped breathing. CPR was out of the question, Hernandez told the emergency dispatcher: "She's too fragile. We could break her, her bones. " The dispatcher talked the distraught 26-year-old through the basics of mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
February 1, 2011 | Tony Perry, Los Angeles Times
The family of Pearl Harbor survivor Arnold Bauer said in a statement Monday that they "thought he was in good hands" and trusted his caregiver. Bauer's caregiver is charged with felony counts of elder abuse, forgery, theft and false imprisonment. Bauer, 93, who has dementia and prostate cancer, is in the Veterans Affairs hospital in La Jolla. "We are deeply shocked and concerned about the care our father has been receiving," Bauer's daughter said in remarks released on behalf of the family.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
January 28, 2011 | By Tony Perry, Los Angeles Times
A 93-year-old Pearl Harbor survivor and suspected victim of elder abuse was found disoriented, dehydrated and living in filth at his home near El Cajon this week, clutching his prized possession: a picture of the ship that he was serving on the day of the Japanese attack. Arnold V. Bauer, suffering from dementia and prostate cancer, was taken to the Veterans Affairs hospital in San Diego, authorities said. Bauer's caretaker for the last three years, Milagros Angeles, 63, pleaded not guilty Thursday to four felony counts of elder abuse, theft, forgery and false imprisonment.
HOME & GARDEN
December 21, 2010
A checklist for holiday visits Things that could indicate a problem, according to Mary Twomey, co-director of the Center of Excellence on Elder Abuse & Neglect: Confusion Depression Inability to handle meal preparation, house cleaning, laundry, bathing or timely bill payment Overusing drugs or drinking too much Frequent falls Undernourishment, dehydration or signs of under-medication ...
HOME & GARDEN
December 21, 2010 | Rosemary McClure
Jane Fickling lives in Dallas, but with the holiday looming, she undertook a cross-country decorating job in Orange County. Armed with a Christmas tree, a nutcracker, a poinsettia and some other seasonal favorites, Fickling swept into her 95-year-old father's apartment last week to add a little holiday cheer. "He's always so happy when I come," says Fickling, a Delta Airlines employee. "And I'm happy to be with him. The Christmas decorations were a plus for both of us. " Her dad, Burtis Taylor, lives in Regents Point, a retirement community in Irvine.