‘The Twilight Zone,’ everybody disappeared in a blink of an eye.”
She went to her mom’s room and found nothing.
“There was a garbage bag by her closet,” Hillgartner said. “Somebody must have taken everything that was in her closet and put it in a garbage bag.”
Hillgartner later learned her mom was transferred to the John J. Kane Regional Center in McKeesport. A county spokesperson said that Kane Community Living Centers staff worked extra hours on Friday to help transfer 35 patients to McKeesport and another facility in Ross Township.
Hillgartner is livid with how the situation has been handled.
“I’m concerned, what kind of care were you giving my mom? Were you feeding her correctly?” she said.
It’s unclear if or when the care home will reopen.
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