THE MILLION DOLLAR BLOG! Conservator Abuse and the San Francisco Probate Court

Friday, April 8, 2011

Health and Human Services Department Findings!

More than 91% of nursing homes lack adequate staff to properly care for patients. The Health and Human Services Department report found patients in understaffed nursing homes were more likely to suffer from a variety of problems, such as bed sores, malnutrition, weight loss, dehydration, pneumonia, and serious blood born infections. It's a serious concern that will only increase with time, given that the population of people aged 85 or older is expected to double to 8.9 million by the year 2030.

Noni is in a nursing home eventhough she has the resources to be cared for in her own home! She has had pneumonia twice since January 26, 2011. While the conservator denies that she has had bed sores, his unlicensed caregivers included the fact that she had bed sores in their report. One caregiver showed up with a bag full of Desitin one evening.

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

What Happened to Katie?

There have been no updates from Mr. Herb Thomas, conservator of the person, since the email regarding my Grandmother's hospitalization on Sunday....that I received on Tuesday morning!

Called this morning and was told that there is NO record of Mrs. DeMartini having a granddaughter and that they could not release any information regarding the patient.

Do they really think that if they say I don't exist I will disappear?

If so, they have underestimated me!

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Unconscionable!

These people will stop at NOTHING to make a buck!

I received an email early this morning informing me that my Grandmother was at St. Mary's Hospital and that she had been diagnosed with pneumonia. She was admitted on Sunday but I found out via an email this morning (Tuesday morning).

This is the second time she has been taken from the nursing home to the hospital because of pneumonia. Statistics show that when people are allowed to die at home, their risk for pneumonia decreases SIGNIFICANTLY since they are not exposed to other sick patients. I have begged the conservators and attorneys to allow her to go home.

The email also stated that my Grandmother was being placed in comfort care. Comfort care is a drug induced death. When someone is old and sick with no chance for recovery, they are placed on a morphine drip and they eventually die. This is the second time St. Mary's hospital staff has recommended comfort care and the second time that the conservator has chosen to keep her alive despite the fact that she has no quality of life.

I spent several hours at the hospital this morning. At one point, a doctor came into the room and asked me if I could help her reach the conservator. Imagine the look of surprise on my face! St. Mary's Hospital was having a hard time reaching the court appointed, thief who only cares about how much he is going to invoice for "caring" for my Grandmother. What a joke!

The conservator has decided to continue to prolong my Grandmother's life. She received intravenous antibiotics and blood transfusions and her condition is now improving.

They are bringing her back to the nursing home. My Grandmother, who will be 99 next week, would never have wanted to live this way because she is not living. She lies in a hospital bed unable to move and only communicating with her eyes. They will not let her die because there is still money available for them to steal.

The unaccredited nursing home bills $9000 per month...cash only! These people are disgusting, despicable excuses for human beings and our court system allows it.

In Memory of Gary Charles DeMartini and Louis Paul DeMartini

In the Hospital

It is 5:05 a.m. on Tuesday, April 5, 2011. I received a call approximate 20 minutes ago from Jamie in Charlestown, Massassachusetts. She had just read an email from Herb Thomas, Conservator of the Person.

This is what the email said:

"Hi Everyone:

Mrs. DeMartini was admitted to St. Mary’s hospital yesterday. Around 12:30, Dr. Bricca called to give an update on her medical status. Yesterday her hemoglobin was very low, as was her oxygen saturation level. She has a diagnosis of aspiration pneumonia, which is common in elderly individuals with g-tubes and occurs as their ability to swallow their own salivary secrections deteriorates.

At St, Mary's hospital they put her on IV fluids and IV antibiotics. Yesterday she received a blood transfusion to increase her hemoglobin levels. Today her hemoglobin is low again.

Dr. Bricca recommends that Mrs. DeMartini's plan of care be one of comfort measures. He recommends no further blood transfusions, and that Mrs. DeMartini be kept comfortable and her pain be managed."

I was with my Uncle all day yesterday. No one called him to tell him of my Grandmother's hospitalization. You can be sure they didn't call me. I found out ifrom my daughter who found out via an email two days after Noni's hospitalization. These people are truly DISPICABLE!

I am on the way to tell my Uncle and bring him to the hospital. My brother did not even have the common courtesy to call my Uncle. We could have been at the hospital with her yesterday if he had just for once in his life thought about someone other than himself!

Being "kept comfortable and her pain be managed" means that she is being given morphine, and that she will die very soon. It's called "comfort care" at St. Mary's hospital.