A San Mateo assisted living facility – already being sued over the deaths of two residents mistakenly served cleaning fluid – is now being sued by the family of a man who died several weeks earlier, after an unattended fall at the facility in June.
Although wandering is not uncommon at such facilities, an earlier incident had already prompted regulators to order Atria Park to do more to prevent it. But even after Podesta Sr. wandered off, regulators accepted Atria’s assurances its staff would be retrained.
Podesta Jr. says he was still reeling from his father’s death when news broke in August about Atria Park residents being given cleaning fluid instead of fruit juice. Two later died. Atria firmly denies that accusation, saying in a statement it devotes “significant resources to ensure our staff are thoroughly trained, and we maintain staffing levels that are consistent with the care needs of our residents.’’
“So there's no way that they can figure out that they had enough staffing in a day's time,” she said, “because it takes a long time to figure something like that out -- there's no way.”
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