California has assembled a police force to protect its most vulnerable patients who live in state institutions and require round-the-clock monitoring and protection from abuse. An investigation has found detectives and officers routinely fail to conduct basic police work.
About 150 Stanislaus County residents attended a Medicare informational meeting Thursday at the Modesto Senior Center to get advice on choosing extra coverage for hospitalization, physician visits, lab work, surgery and prescription drugs.
County urgent care services will move from the old Scenic Hospital emergency room to the Paradise Medical Office by Feb. 1.
