The family of a 98-year-old Santa Clara woman is claiming the nursing home where she lived is liable after the woman’s roommate allegedly beat her to death with a cane. Vera Plares was a resident at the for-profit Mission Skilled Nursing & Subacute Center in Santa Clara. In December last year, police say Plares’ roommate, 78-year-old, Connie Delucca, bludgeoned her while she lay in bed.