| State sues to revoke Sunwest license, exclude top executives
M. Harder, managing Limited Partner of Mission Viejo Assisted Living and a director of Sunwest Management; Darryl E. Fisher, a partner in Paragon Gardens, a managing limited partner of Mission Viejo Assisted Living and a partnership director for Sunwest Management.
The state alleges the facility and its officers collectively and individually chronically failed to operate, administer and supervise the residential care facility for the elderly, known as Paragon Gardens Assisted Living Community within licensing statutes and regulations.
Among the states more horrific allegations are that a dementia client left the facility unnoticed and was never found, that staff members slept during their shift, that the facility was infested with mice who left dropping in the clients food and that staff did not understand the meaning of incontinent care and were unable to provide such care.
Family caregivers steer through the treacherous learning curve
MOST family caregivers report they are not prepared for some of the responsibilities they face in caring for an older relative, according to a survey by Opinion Research Corporation. Our recent seminars for family caregivers demonstrated that many of them are eager to learn faster. The survey showed that one-fifth of Americans are now providing unpaid care to an adult relative or friend. Two-thirds of them have been providing care for a year or more, including a quarter of them for more than four years. There were 150 family caregivers registered for our three "Elder Care Decisions and Resources" seminars. Their hunger for information, guidance and support was an inspiration. Our opening presentation covered difficult decisions a caregiver must make, options and resources for care at or outside the home and the importance of caregiver support and relief.
Comment: Integration a winnable bet for
BUILT on a man-made island at huge expense, Japans Kansai International Airport is, according to some estimates, the worlds largest building.
With the sloping ends of its mile-long roof shaped like the contours of a samurais helmet, it is a fitting symbol of Japans high standards, of its competence and, above all, of its wealth. There is one problem, though. On this Sunday, as I waited for a flight back to Shanghai, the huge and impressive structure seemed sorely underused. The history between China and Japan, neighbours that happen to be two of the worlds oldest unitary states, moves in long waves whose force and direction often defy day-to-day detection. The news from officialdom these days is of a modest reconciliation amid a flurry of high-level visits back and forth after a deep freeze that spanned most of the Koizumi years.
LAX Businesses Not Happy, Elephant Hill Under Review
Last week, it appeared that Los Angeles City Council, hotel unions, and L.A.s business community had hammered out a compromise regarding the recently-enacted living wage ordinance governing the hotels on Century Boulevard near LAX, colloquially known as the Century Corridor. Business leaders had gathered enough signatures to put a measure on the ballot in May to rescind the law, as had happened in Santa Monica with a similar living wage law a few years back. After long negotiations, an agreement was announced that the matter would be kept off the ballot in exchange for swapping out the original law with an amended version sweetened by concessions to that business community. Smiling faces all around. As a scheduled council vote nears on Friday, however, the deal is threatening to blow up. Labor representatives pronounced themselves pleased with the results.
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