Four elderly residents allegedly abused by caretaker
By Scott Glover, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
October 14, 2008
An investigation sparked by a suspicious death at an upscale senior living facility in Calabasas has expanded to include the alleged abuse of three more elderly residents, including a 78-year-old woman who was allegedly body-slammed into her bed, according to court records and interviews.
Keith Stubbs said he was told by authorities that a caregiver at Silverado Senior Living rousted his sleeping mother out of bed by "jumping on her chest." When she tried to defend herself, "he picked her up W.W.F.-style and slammed her onto the bed," Stubbs said, describing a popular move in televised World Wrestling Entertainment matches.
The Stubbs family and two others learned last week that their elderly loved ones were allegedly abused by former Silverado caregiver Cesar Ulloa. Stubbs said his mother suffers from a brain condition that left her unable to speak, "which makes her the perfect victim," he said.
Sgt. Bill Cotter of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department homicide unit declined to discuss any of the allegations against Ulloa in detail. He did not dispute any of the accounts by family members.Cotter said investigators are still trying to determine the identity of the whistle-blower in the case. He asked that anyone with information about that person or with information about the alleged assaults call detectives at (323) 890-5500.
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SOURCE: Los Angeles Times
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