Family says 100-year-old woman with dementia wandered out, died from hypothermia in Sacramento

SACRAMENTO, Calif — A jury in Sacramento is hearing testimony in a wrongful death and elder abuse trial against a local assisted living facility following the death of a 100-year-old woman in 2019.

The lawsuit alleges Mildred Hernandez, who had Alzheimer’s dementia, wandered out of Greenhaven Estates Assisted Living and Memory Care overnight and later died from hypothermia.

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