http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/01/28/iowa-navy-veteran-abandoned/4960353/
For those who have had a relative whose fate depended upon getting someone processed into a suitable care arrangement, this kind of hits home. Clearly the man needs some help in getting to the Veteran's facility, but nobody seems to be able to put it together for him...
ONAWA, Iowa — A seriously ill, disabled Navy veteran was evicted from an Iowa nursing home for failure to pay his bill then was dropped off at an unfurnished apartment with no food, medication or phone.
John Chedester, 65, was suffering from a life-threatening blood infection, congestive heart failure, insulin-dependent diabetes and other ailments when he was dropped off Nov. 1, alone, at an apartment building 20 miles away in Mapleton, Iowa, according to state and county records.
For those who have had a relative whose fate depended upon getting someone processed into a suitable care arrangement, this kind of hits home. Clearly the man needs some help in getting to the Veteran's facility, but nobody seems to be able to put it together for him...