December 14th 2007...we begin, the first story is in:

While we will present personal stories about alleged abuses, Irene A. Masiello, Paradise Costs--A Victim's Daughter Fights Back Against Elder Abuse or the Starlight Network News, Inc (SNN) has no personal knowledge of, or concerning the statements made above and have conducted no independent investigation as to the truthfulness or accuracy of those statements. The author of the statements is solely responsible for the content of those statements and all facts, observations, theories and opinions expressed in those statements. These are a version of events based upon the declarations and alleged declarations of aggrieved parties. No final judgment has been made concerning the credibility of any or all of these statements nor is one being made, expressly or impliedly, by their publication here nor can one be made without a complete, independent investigation. We urge you to report all suspected offenses of elder abuse, exploitation or neglect to your state and local law enforcement authorities. Thank you
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Far worse than elder abuse is the failure by governmental agencies to
acknowledge evidence of abuse. Case in point:

Despite repeated requests, no California or San Francisco law
enforcement agency has seen fit to probe why an "exemplary" San Francisco social
services agency hid then lied to concerned East Coast family about the
date of death of my cousin, Henry, who at the time of death, so far as
I know, was a resident at the conservator-connected Assisted Living
Facility in San Francisco.

And why did the agency, contrary to established social services agency
protocol, fail to compile and research my cousin's history?

Why did the agency target my cousin of all people as being in "dire
need of substantial assistance" when, at the time there were countless
other seniors, many of them chronically ill and homeless compared to my
cousin, who lived in a long-time residence and was on record as wanting
no part of assisted living facilities?

There are several other indications of red flag improprieties relating
to the taking and death of my cousin which have been ignored by law
enforcement so that vital questions, after six years -- six years! --
remain unanswered.

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