Alzheimer's Patient Found with Dead Rat in Mouth

The family of 90 year old Alzheimer's patient Sigmund Bock, was shocked to find out that Bock had been taken to a local Emergency Room after having been found with a dead rat in his mouth. The elderly Bock lived at Paragon Gardens Assisted Living and Memory Care Community. The ex-lawyer and World War 11 Veteran had been seen by a staff member, playing with a rat in his room while eating candy, on the morning of the 18th of March. Records were obtained from Paragon Gardens testifying to the incident.

The Attorney obtained to represent Bock, claims Paragon Gardens had become short-staffed after overbooking the facility while trying to receive Corporate bonuses and trying to cut costs and raise profits. The Attorney says that the needs of the residents were ignored.

Spokeswoman Melody Chatelle, who works for SunWest Management Inc. of Portand, Oregon who owns Paragon Gardens, denies the incident. Chatelle claims,"We take care of our residents and find this negative publicity to be a disheartening affront to our professional care-givers and especially to our residents and their loved ones."

Ms. Chatelle has said that Mr. Bock had been seen holding one of the glue traps that had been placed in his room by a pest control company to trap a single field mouse. Paramedics had been called to the facility and reported that Mr. Bock was suspected of possibly ingesting a toxic substance. Emergency Room files show that Bock had been found with the rat dead in his mouth.

Mr. Bock's lawyer has said that, 'Bock had two traps located in his room and that the traps held a type of poison and not glue.' On Paragon Garden's web-site they are quoted as having the following mission statement. " Out goal is to provide the highest quality of life for each of our residents. Paragon Gardens is dedicated to our life engagement philosophy of social, psychological, spiritual and physical well being of every individual in our care." Their basic services are listed as offering 3 delicious meals a day. There is 24 hour specially trained on site-staff available. They offer engaging activities along with various other extras.

'Alzheimers disease strikes 1-10 people over the age of 65.'

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