A 94-year-old man living at an Atria Senior Living facility in Walnut Creek died on Wednesday after a food-related reaction days earlier, the second case in the past week where a resident died after ingesting something at an Atria facility in the Bay Area.
Constantine Canoun died at a hospital after Atria Senior Living officials said he “appeared to suffer a negative reaction” on the night of Aug. 23 to something the company said “was likely food related.”
The company said, “Our sincerest condolences are with his family and loved ones. We are completing our internal investigation and await the official cause of death.”
The staff members involved in the facility have been suspended while the investigation is pending, according to Atria.
The death comes after Atria said that its staff at the Atria Park of San Mateo facility mistakenly served dishwashing liquid as juice last Saturday morning, resulting in the death of 93-year-old Trudy Maxwell and hospitalization of two other residents of the facility.
The company said of the San Mateo case, “We will continue working with the police and Department of Social Services to fully review and assess the incident, after which we will take additional actions as needed. The safety and well-being of our residents remain our top priorities at all times.”
Very scary.
Same caliber of people working there as at Kaiser at night.People that live in a bad area that just need a job and arent fond of old white people.,and may have mental issues but have a functional job.
Kaiser saves money by not filling open positions which results in overworked staff. That is just one of a number of issues which is why the staff is on strike.
and have only a second grade education and cannot understand or speak English ,let alone follow written instructions.
How do you mistake dishwashing liquid for juice?
Many residents drink thickened liquids, but you would think that the caregiver could smell the difference and perhaps see the expression on the residents face as they drank it.
Many of these lower-paid caregivers are foreign. I have found, from working in a hospital, that the foreign workers literally do not give a crap. They will NOT change how they provide care based on feedback. the patients don’t like them because they tend to be rude (a cultural thing), and they are difficult to work with in a team setting.
I don’t believe for a moment someone confused dishwashing liquid with juice. That was intentional.
And if it was food poisoning in WC, it was probably from an illegal alien staff member who didn’t wash his hands after taking a crap.
Some of those workers are bottom of the barrel, especially the night staff. In my own experience, the night crew is just there to call 911 and are totally incompetent at everything else.
Exactly and actually those type of machines don’t get the liquid squirted into them they’re actually built in piped in cleaner that comes in from the back
Commercial dish washing machines use three 5 gallon or 1 gallon containers of detergent, chlorine sanitizer and rinse aid
(red, clear & blue).
All of them are potentially (and likely) fatal if swallowed.
They are usually mounted on or under the machines.
Kitchen crews are notorious for using those products for things they are not intended to clean, mostly mopping floors or cleaning drains.
The concentrated detergent and sanitizer are corrosive and will cause chemical burns… nasty stuff.
‘mistakenly served dish washing liquid as juice’
right!
These are not accidents. I hope they catch the perp and string them up alive.
Manor Care in Rossmoor had it’s problems in early 2000, probably still do.
Incompetent workers. Man fell out the window, residents neglected and abused , covered in bedsores, and high theft, etc. The place was understaffed and way too big. Call lights were always ignored.
There are many evil people who take their anger and issues out on the innocent. The Health Dept just does not understand the need to monitor these places carefully and be sure the caregivers can read and write and have patience and kindness and way better training..
These places are way too expensive for such poor, neglectful care..
Almost every place is like this. They cannot hire enough people are still maek a profit. there is no solution to this problem, except that people need to be better with their money so they can pay for their own, private care when they are older instead of wasting it and expecting the government to constantly bail them out.
After reading through 95% of the write up regarding a food related death, it ends with the fact the patient was served dishwashing liquid instead of juice. Why didnt it start with that fact…I thought reading through most of it was going to say the person had an allergic reaction to food…
There are actually two incidents.
Atria – San Mateo is dishwashing liquid.
Atria – Walnut Creek is under investigation – Atria says hot flaming Cheetos (food) but his son is saying it was some type of cleaning fluid.
Two deaths – one per location.
Talk about getting away with murder.