California nursing home janitor and cook kept working without pay for several days providing round-the-clock care for elderly patients after the nursing home closed leaving residents behind, according to an article on the Black Doctor website.
The team stayed until the local fire department and sheriff took over Valley Springs Manor nursing home.
Their actions eventually led to legislation in California known as the Residential Care for the Elderly Reform Act of 2014, which protects nursing home residents from being abandoned in the case of a shutdown, the article said.
In the weeks since the story went viral, the two have been honored by the American Veterans Association and received commendations from the office of Rep. Eric Swalwell (D) and from the California Legislature.
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