Sweet Story of Karma

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Courageous unpaid employees get unexpected rewards.

www.sfgate.com/bayarea/johnson/article/Care-home-workers-rewarded-for-doing-right-thing-4975617.php#photo-5449049

Back story is that these two guys stayed behind when 14 elderly patients were abandoned when the State shut down the facility. Horrific situation with a good ending.

www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_24398060/shuttering-castro-valley-senior-care-facility-sparks-criminal

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I'd read the original story of this, Bonny.  So glad there was a follow-up and these men's honor and decency were recognized and rewarded.  Thanks for posting it! 

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Yeah, of course it's every child's nightmare about putting your folks in a "home". Although I did read a follow up story about someone who placed their parents in this facility. They were charging about half of what other homes were charging. I'm thinking that should have been a red flag.

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Did anyone here what happened to the facilities owners or the state people who shut down the facility with no thought to what would happen to the residents?

I may be getting mean in my old age but that sounds criminal to me.

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Nov 12, 2013 12:49:04 GMT -5 973beachbum said:

Did anyone here what happened to the facilities owners or the state people who shut down the facility with no thought to what would happen to the residents?

I may be getting mean in my old age but that sounds criminal to me.

I believe the owners are being prosecuted. I think there was a communication problem on with respect to the State on how the facility was supposed to be shut down. I think some people WERE transferred to other places but these 14 or so were not followed up on. And I suspect the State is exempt from wrong doing anyway.

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Thanks Bonny!  It just boggles my mind that human beings were there when the home was closed down, and no one thought to ask what was happening to them.  I would think that would have been someone's job to make sure no one was left behind.

I'm glad the owners are being prosecuted.  As expensive as a nursing home is I understand it isn't a great money maker most of the time but I wouldn't be allowed to take in a bunch of cats without proving I could take care of them, but they took in a bunch of human beings and it seems no one followed up.

Maybe we can hope this will make the next nursing home owners think before they just close up shop with people still there.

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Nov 12, 2013 13:00:23 GMT -5 973beachbum said:

Thanks Bonny!  It just boggles my mind that human beings were there when the home was closed down, and no one thought to ask what was happening to them.  I would think that would have been someone's job to make sure no one was left behind.

I'm glad the owners are being prosecuted.  As expensive as a nursing home is I understand it isn't a great money maker most of the time but I wouldn't be allowed to take in a bunch of cats without proving I could take care of them, but they took in a bunch of human beings and it seems no one followed up.

Maybe we can hope this will make the next nursing home owners think before they just close up shop with people still there.

I'm going to guess that there was a lot of confusion about who was in charge during the closing process. Apparently the two guys who did stay behind didn't tell the 911 dispatchers that the facility was closed when they called for help.  The State is going to have to do a hard look at what needs to be done in the future.