Kyomi Williams, represented by Ed Dudensing, spoke with ABC 7 San Francisco about the death of her father Alando Williams at Windsor Healthcare Center of Oakland. Alando, a beloved Berkeley community member, was admitted to the facility in December 2022 with a clear treatment plan. In a lawsuit against the facility, Kyomi alleges staff neglected his care requirements and instead administered unauthorized doses of sedatives, such as Ativan, resulting in wrongful death.
“That’s basically chemically restraining someone, because it’s easier when they’re drugged up to supervise them. It’s a very uncompassionate way to deal with people, and it can be deadly, as it was in this case.”
– Ed Dudensing
The facility is currently managed by a parent company owned by billionaire Shlomo Rechnitz, which oversees dozens of nursing home facilities in California. Many of these facilities have recently come under scrutiny for deficient quality of care.
Elder abuse attorney Ed Dudensing represents Cheryl Doe, a 79-year-old woman, and her son Robert, in a February 2024 lawsuit against the Windsor Healthcare Center of Oakland regarding the alleged rape, elder neglect, and fraud she was victim to while under its care for Alzheimer’s and dementia.
A preliminary investigation by Dudensing law found that after Robert’s mother was raped by another resident, he was not informed until days after the incident. Rather than the managerial staff at the center, a certified nursing assistant was the one who told Robert about both the assault and the center’s intentional concealing of the attack. Emboldened by the center’s inaction after the first attack, the offender again accessed Cheryl’s room where he retaliated, leaving bruises and wounds on her body.
Windsor Healthcare Center of Oakland sits under Brius Management Company, a large nursing home operator similar to others Dudensing Law has brought cases against, citing abuse of the vulnerable elderly population entrusted in their care. Widespread understaffing of nursing facilities subjects residents to dangerous conditions, and by seeking justice for victims and holding these companies accountable, Dudensing Law strives to ensure that senior citizens receive the care they deserve.
“This really strikes at the heart of the fundamental obligation of nursing homes — keep your patients safe,” said Ed Dudensing. “They have a history of failures of care that not only involves resident-on-resident abuse, like this case, but other areas of neglect as well.”
