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DESCRIPTION:For Immediate Release: 3-3-2017\n\nQuanah Parker Brightman 
 \nqbrightman75@hotmail.com \n(510) 672-7187 \n\nPress Conference: 
 \n\nNative Lives Matter: Justice for Respected Indigenous Elder & Movement 
 Leader Dr. Lehman L. Brightman\n\nWhen: Monday March 6, 2017 from 1:00pm 
 -2:00pm\n\nWhere: Contra Costa Public Guardian Located at 624 Ferry St, 
 Martinez, CA 94553 \n\nFamily seeks Solutions to Growing Problems of Racism 
 and Elder Abuse of Dr. Lehman Brightman\n\nMartinez, CA: Native American 
 Civil Rights Leaders Seek Justice for Indigenous Scholar, Korean War 
 Veteran, Professional Football Player and Elder Dr. Lehman L. 
 Brightman.\n\nSince being named conservator over Native American leader 
 Lehman Brightman, following his untimely stroke on July 21, 2011; the 
 Contra Costa County Public Guardian officer Kathy Riso, has allowed Mr. 
 Brightman’s home of 26 years in Pinole, California to be foreclosed by 
 Wells Fargo Bank. Mr. Brightman was placed into the notorious Kindred 
 Transitional Care and Rehabilitation Center located in Walnut Creek, 
 without consent from him or the Brightman family. \n\n“I have personally 
 reached out to the Public Guardian’s Office countless times and provided 
 Kathy Riso with documentation of the elder abuse and racism that my father 
 and I have been subjected to since February 2012, when he was placed in 
 Kindred Walnut Creek without his or the family’s consent and approval” 
 said surviving son and Executive Director of United Native Americans, 
 Quanah Parker Brightman.  \n\nThe Contra Costa County Public Guardians 
 Office refusal to locate a better rehabilitation facility for Elder 
 Brightman leads the Brightman family to believe that their lack of 
 consideration of resolving these ongoing issues are also liable for the 
 Elder abuse and racism.\n\nKathy Riso seldom returns calls to her office in 
 regards to resolving the issues Elder Brightman has been forced to 
 endure.\n\nThe Brightman family states “Kathy Riso has done an extremely 
 poor job in protecting Mr. Brightman’s Estate, as well as his medical and 
 financial affairs. Because of the continued inept care and lack of 
 consideration of Elder Brightman, the Brightman family want Kathy Riso to 
 resign from her duties immediately.\n \n“My father’s hard earned 
 retirement salary should not be used on a lesser quality rehabilitation 
 facility like Kindred, where he has endured countless acts of documented 
 abuse, racism and diminished quality of life,” stated Quanah Brightman.  
 Kindred Healthcare, which is one of the largest nursing home chains in the 
 United States, has 621 locations. Unfortunately, the numerous lawsuits 
 against the conglomerate paint an entirely different picture.\nWe are 
 looking for a good Probate Attorney to help retrieve Power of Attorney of 
 my father Lehman Brightman and return it to the Brightman Family. The 
 Public Guardian’s Office clearly does not have my father’s best 
 interests in mind. It is time for a change. We want Mr. Brightman moved to 
 a quality rehabilitation facility, where he will receive the consistent 
 care that he deserves. Lehman Brightman deserves a superior facility that 
 will practice due diligence in providing quality care and a safe 
 environment for himself and his personal volunteer care-giver, son Quanah 
 Parker Brightman. It is a priority that he receives the best care possible 
 and the facility or the staff do not interfere with family visits, as these 
 visits contribute to his emotional, spiritual and physical wellbeing.”\n 
 \nElder Brightman has multiple Stage IV pressure ulcers, better known as 
 bedsores. With a Stage IV pressure sore, the pressure ulcer has become so 
 deep that there is damage to the muscle and bone, and sometimes to tendons 
 and joints.\n\nKindred has a reputation for negligence, corporate 
 negligence, and violating the Survival Act and Wrongful Death Act. Elder 
 Abuse is quietly becoming an epidemic and a growing problem in this 
 country.\n \n\nIn an interview in 2012, Kindred Healthcare CEO Paul Diaz is 
 quoted as saying, “We made $6.5 billion in revenue last year, made $80 
 million in profits and paid $70 million in malpractice costs.” 
 \n\nhttp://www.nursinghomeabuseguide.org/resources/kindred-healthcare 
 \n\nAccording to the California Department of Public Health Online Database 
 for Skilled Nursing Home Facilities. 
 \n\nhttps://hfcis.cdph.ca.gov/LongTermCare/Facility.aspx?fac=140000083 
 \n\nKindred Transitional Care & Rehabilitation has over 110 Complaints 
 Against it since 2004. Since 2004 323 Survey Deficiencies have been found 
 at Kindred Walnut Creek. Yet, only 8 State Enforcement Actions have Been 
 Taken against Kindred Walnut Creek.\n\nKindred Walnut Creek is always 
 understaffed & have shown a Pattern of Ignoring Patient call lights for 
 upwards of one hour. Patients such as Lehman Brightman have been a victim 
 of Physical & Spiritual Abuse & is currently being denied his Visitation 
 Rights to Visit his Family & Care-Giver, Granted under Section 1418.3 of 
 the California Health and Safety Code. \n\nOn January 12, 2016, The 
 Department of Justice Kindred Healthcare Inc., had agreed to pay $125 
 million to resolve a government lawsuit alleging that they violated the 
 False Claims Act by knowingly causing skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) to 
 submit false claims to Medicare for rehabilitation therapy services that 
 were not reasonable, necessary and skilled, or that never occurred, 
 according to the Department of Justice 
 websitehttps://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/nation-s-largest-nursing-home-therapy-provider-kindredrehabcare-pay-125-million-resolve-false 
 \nFour Nursing Homes Using Kindred/Rehab Care to Pay an Additional $8.225 
 Million \n\nWe invite members of the press to join us Monday March 6, 2017 
 from 1:00pm -2:00pm at the Contra Costa Public Guardian located at 624 
 Ferry St, Martinez, CA 94553 \n\nHelp Us Stop This Fast Growing Epidemic of 
 Elder Abuse and Protect our Beloved Senior Citizens.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/03/03/18796981.php
SUMMARY:Native Lives Matter: Justice for Respected Indigenous Elder & Movement Leader Dr. Lehman L. Brightman
LOCATION:We invite members of the press to join us Monday March 6, 2017 from 1:00pm 
 -2:00pm at the Contra Costa Public Guardian located at 624 Ferry St, 
 Martinez, CA 94553 \n\nHelp Us Stop This Fast Growing Epidemic of Elder 
 Abuse and Protect our Beloved Senior Citizens.
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/03/03/18796981.php
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