Review: Sickening story makes you angry and aware
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 1, 2013
Joan Boice had a number of health problems (Alzheimers, osteoporosis and fractures) that made it necessary for her family to find assisted care. She checked into Emerald Hills, a seven-thousand a month facility promising individualized care for her. Instead, what happened was such neglect and mismanagement that Joan Boice died in horrible pain from untreated bedsores, something that the facility was not supposed to treat. The facility hid the wounds from her family. They seemed instead to be concerned to keep patients as long as possible in order to generate revenue.The story of Joan Boice is a cautionary tale for anyone with an aging relative that needs care. This facility violated many California health care laws yet continues to operate to this day. This is 99 cents of incredibly important information and written bluntly and forcefully. I recommend anyone with an elderly family member read this.