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LOCAL BOARD & CARE FOR SENIORS UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR PREDATORY PRACTICES

Laguna Niguel, CA - Tom Sather and Quality Life Homes is under investigation for predatory practices committed against the senior citizens Mr. Sather houses in five facilities in the south Orange County area. In March, Sather was convicted of violating the state landlord tenant laws when he refused to return rent monies and deposits from an elderly renter, who had to appear in court in a wheelchair, with oxygen tanks in order to breathe. Sather was accused of taking rent money up front, and then causing Mr. Babin, the renter, hypoglycemic shock, by feeding him food that violated his dietary requirements, and which put Mr. Babin in the ICU at South Coast Medical Center. When Mr. Babin game out of the ICU, he refused to be placed back at Sather's Quality Life Homes board and care, and was instead placed in a convalescent facility. Because Mr. Babin was unable to give notice, Mr. Sather assumed that he was entitled to keep all unused rent monies, and the deposit, paid by Mr. Babin; and he overlooked the fact that his facility had caused the emergency that forced Mr. Babin back to the hospital almost in a coma.

After Mr. Babin's condition was stabilized, and he was able to look after his own interests again, he requested that Mr. Sather return his unused rent and deposit. It was then revealed that Mr. Sather has been providing consideration to the nursing staff at South Coast Medical Center, in return for referrals made by the staff at the Medical Center, of elderly patients who need board and care housing. Mr. Babin disclosed the fact that Mr. Sather was compensating nurses and discharge personnel at South Coast Medical Center, for referrals. Additionally, members of Mr. Babin's family have confirmed that pressure was applied to them by the discharge personnel at South Coast Medical Center, to place Mr. Babin at Quality Life Homes, even though his placement there was not appropriate to his medical condition. This predatory practice was disclosed to the Licensing Board of the Health Care Agency of Orange County, and is under investigation. The Ombudsman for senior services is also involved in resolving the matter. Of course, the fact that Mr. Babin is in failing health is part of the strategy of Mr. Tom Sather and Quality Life Homes, who expect their appeals to extend beyond the victim's lifespan. Until the results of this investigation are finished, all families in south Orange County are advised to keep their senior members OUT of Quality Life Homes.

SOURCE: Written by local reporters exclusively for the Central News Service, and Dana Point On-Line.

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