Violence Repeatedly Erupts at Dementia Care Facilities Despite Warnings, Inspections Show

Violence Repeatedly Erupts at Dementia Care Facilities Despite Warnings, Inspections Show

By Jordan Rau Sam Ato Timaloa, a paroled sex offender who also served time for attempted murder, had dementia and an acute intolerance of noise — especially from roommates at Sunrise Post Acute, a nursing home in Banning, California. Over four months in 2025, a state investigative report found, Sunrise switched Timaloa’s room eight times, the last into one occupied by Attilio Cecchetto, 92, a retired tile installer whose dementia led him to freq…