SACRAMENTO, CA - The operator of a Sacramento residential care home
for the elderly was arrested on suspicion of involuntary manslaughter
and elder abuse in the death of an 88-year-old woman in her care.
Law enforcement served an arrest warrant on 52-year-old Silvia Cata
Monday evening. She is the administrator and caretaker at Super Care
Home on Bowman Avenue.
According to an affidavit from state Attorney General's Office filed
with Sacramento Superior Court, Cata cared for Georgia Holzmeister, who
was diagnosed with dementia, for five years until her death in June,
2012. Holzmeister was brought to Sutter General Hospital's emergency
room on June 19, 2012, with a deep, infected pressure wound on her
tailbone.
Doctors also diagnosed her with sepsis, a toxic infection
likely brought about by the pressure wound. Holzmeister was unconscious
and after being discharged from the hospital the next day, was moved
to a skilled nursing facility for comfort care. She died June 23, 2012.
The emergency room doctor who treated Holzmeister hospital said in
the affidavit the pressure wound would have developed over weeks and was
one of the worse he had ever seen.
Read more, watch video:
http://www.news10.net/news/article/230010/2/Residential-care-home-operator-accused-of-involuntary-manslaughter
See also:
California Elder Care Facility Operator Charged with Involuntary Manslaughter
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Let's Review Mr. Thelsey L. Fuller's Pressure Ulcers
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Criminal Elder Abuse, who didn't I tell?
08/05/2009 – Mr. Thelsey. L. Fuller placed in
convalescent hospital for five days respite care, multiple medications,
decubitus ulcer, low body mass - intake not meeting needs, dehydrated,
stage IV pressure ulcer, PacificPalms.pdf
08/06/2009 – Mr. Thelsey. L. Fuller, pages 18 –
21, physical exam; hospice; lung disease; eating problem; anemia; tires
easily, requires max assistance, bed bound; active problems,
hypertension, anemia, chronic kidney disease, partial atrioventricular
bloci, urinary obstruction, diastolic dysfunction, dyspnea, nausea and
vomiting, urinary retention, lung disease, knee pain, cystitis, syncope,
hematuria, dehydration, atherosclerosis, septicemia, malnutrition;
weak, barely able to answer questions with whisper (head movement);
pre-terminal, anorexia. Page 98, Mr. Thelsey L. Fuller goes down hill
emotionally, heads up from Kaiser Hospice social worker, (Gretchen), Re:
Family Issues, PacificPalms.pdf
08/07/2009 – Mr. Thelsey L. Fuller lying in
bed, weak, slow to answer, confused. Robert Fuller obtains Medi-Cal
application from convelesant hospital, Re: Mr. Thelsey L. Fuller,
PacificPalms.pdf
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Violation of CALIFORNIA PENAL CODE SECTION 368 {Criminal Elder Abuse}
PENAL CODE
§ 368(b)(1)(2)(3)
(Causes or permits infliction of physical pain or mental suffering on
elder or dependent adult under circumstances or conditions likely to
produce great bodily harm or death)
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- A person, under circumstances or conditions likely to produce great
bodily harm or death, willfully causes or permits an elder or dependent
adult to suffer
- With knowledge that he or she is an elder or dependent adult
- Unjustifiable physical pain or mental suffering
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- One year county jail and $6,000 fine or state prison two, three, or four years
- If victim suffers great bodily injury - then additional state prison:
- 3 years if victim under 70 years
- 5 years if victim 70 years or older
- If defendant causes death of victim - then additional state prison:
- 5 years if victim under 70 years
- 7 years if victim 70 years or older
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PENAL CODE § 368(c)
(Causes or permits infliction of physical pain or mental suffering on
elder or dependent adult under circumstances or conditions not likely to
produce great bodily harm or death) |
- A person, under circumstances or conditions other than those likely
to produce great bodily harm or death, willfully causes or permits an
elder or dependent adult to suffer
- With knowledge that he or she is an elder or dependent adult
- Unjustifiable physical pain or mental suffering
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PENAL CODE § 368(d)
(Violates provision of law proscribing theft or embezzlement - not a caretaker)
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- A person, not a caretaker violates provision of law proscribing
theft or embezzlement with respect to property or personal identifying
information of an elder or dependent adult
- With knowledge that he or she is an elder or dependent adult
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- When value of property taken exceeds $950:
- One year county jail and $1,000 fine or state prison 2, 3 or 4 years
- When value of property taken does not exceed $950:
- One year county jail and $1,000 fine
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PENAL CODE § 368(e)
(Violates provision of law proscribing theft or embezzlement - caretaker) |
- A caretaker violates provision of law proscribing theft or embezzlement with respect to property of an elder or dependent adult
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- When value of property taken exceeds $950:
- Misdemeanor or felony: One year county jail and $1,000 fine or state prison 2, 3, or 4 years
- When value of property taken does not exceed $950:
- One year county jail and $1,000 fine
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Doris A. Fuller AKA Doris Fuller Stewart & Others are still at large?
