Sacramento elder care home operator accused of involuntary manslaughter

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.

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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 

http://benamarine.blogspot.com/2012/08/lets-review-pressure-ulcers.html

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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

http://benamarine.blogspot.com/2010/11/commitment-to-daddy.html

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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)	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	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
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	Misdemeanor
PENAL CODE § 368(d) (Violates provision of law proscribing theft or embezzlement - not a caretaker)	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	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
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	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

 http://oag.ca.gov/bmfea/laws/crim_elder

Doris A. Fuller AKA Doris Fuller Stewart & Others are still at large?