A woman made a distressing discovery at an assisted living facility where she had recently placed her elderly uncle. Angela Boorn found her 75-year-old uncle, Gerald McClellan, deceased in a chair at the facility, with authorities confirming that he had been there for at least three or four days.
Boorn expressed shock and devastation at the neglect her uncle faced, stating that he had not been checked on for multiple days. She described the heartbreaking scene of finding her uncle’s emaciated body in the chair, noting his hollowed-out eyes.
McClellan had been living at the LifeStream facility in Sun City, located about 16 miles northwest of Phoenix. Boorn revealed that she had moved him there following his wife’s death and was paying a significant monthly fee for his care, believing that the facility had proper safety measures in place.
The facility had a protocol where residents would press a button in their rooms each morning to signal that they were okay. Despite this system, Boorn claimed that staff failed to check on her uncle for four consecutive days after he did not respond to their attempts to reach him.
Boorn decided to speak out about the incident to raise awareness among other families with loved ones at the facility, urging them to check on their relatives regularly. She emphasized the importance of ensuring the well-being of residents in such facilities.
The article did not specify if Boorn plans to take legal action against LifeStream for the neglect. In response to the incident, the facility issued a statement expressing sadness over the resident’s passing and offering condolences to the family.
The incident serves as a reminder of the importance of vigilant care for elderly residents in assisted living facilities to prevent tragedies like this from happening again.