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Your Turn to Care: The Transition to Assisted Living
Sonia Alvarado recently had to put her 78-year old mother, Natalia, in an assisted living facility after Natalia wandered away from home. It was becoming too stressful to keep Natalia, who suffers from Alzheimer's, at home. For Sonia, it was a gut wrenching decision, going against her Latina upbringing that you take care of your parents at home, but Natalia's safety had to come first. It's been a financial burden because her mother doesn't qualify for government assistance. Finding a facility they could afford was no easy task.
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A man's search for his missing wife who suffers from early onset Alzheimers reveals gaps in the system meant to locate and care for the mentally impaired in California. "SoCal Connected" documents the journey to answer, where's Nancy?
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SoCal Connected's Deepa Dernandes questions Santa Barbara landlord Dario Pini.
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Examine L.A.'s unregulated short-term housing market and an indoor marijuana facility employing veterans.
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A look at the spike in the number of employers retaliating against undocumented workers.
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