LOS ANGELES — The operators of an upscale Los Angeles care facility for dementia patients were charged Tuesday with felony elder abuse and other criminal counts related to the deaths of an employee and thirteen residents during the early days of the pandemic.
Silverado Beverly Place, near the Fairfax district, specializes in caring for elderly residents with Alzheimer's and dementia, and was the site of a COVID-19 outbreak in March 2020.
The employee and residents died during the outbreak, in which 45 employees and 60 residents were infected, according to the Los Angeles County district attorney's office. The facility's operators were sued in civil court by the families of multiple residents and the employee who died. The facility was the subject of a 2020 Los Angeles Times investigation.
