Kailey Trapani and her boyfriend, Jalen, tried to sling promethazine, while working as a caregiver in my home. At first, you don't know how to respond, because you're not sure if that person is being serious or not. And my experiences in social dynamics have shown that that's exactly how bullies get their prey, right there!
It started when Trapani walked through my front door, and long before she even bothered to sit on the couch. As soon as I begin to show her my Hoyer lift and how to operate it, she appears to be faded. And coming from someone who smokes pot, I know the expression: Eyes are slanted, like a Communist rice-patty, the immediate area around the person reeks, and when you look deep enough into the person's eyes, they're bloodshot.
But see, you can't judge a book by its cover, and this is especially true in caregiving. When I woke up at 2:00 AM, to use the restroom, I'm calling for a urinal...and there's simply no response! Suddenly, Trapani appears from my bathroom, and she's holding a vape between her lips. Now...as a client who pays rent, it's not the caregiver's business what I do. But shouldn't a caregiver have to be far more aware, while caring for a disabled client?!
Now everyone within Regional Center is aware of United Cerebral Palsy, and their reputation with the disabled community. Kailey Trapani, while she was here, divulged way too much information about her time with UCP, in Sylmar. According to Trapani's narrative, one of UCP's clients "falsely accused" Kailey of dropping her, at the facility, between 2019-20. Believable story, but let me tell you what my LVN, Jacqueline Nelson, taught me, last year, about caregivers: Whenever they're caught in something, they tend to project blame on to their clients!
Myself, I ended up peeing all over the urinal, rather than inside it, because Kailey, altered, could not hold my urinal straight. One of my energy drinks went missing, from my refrigerator, and Trapani later confessed to stealing those. When I opened up about these events to Lilia DeLeon, another caregiver from DCC Staffing, she was more than willing to divulge how cunning she was, when removing labels from bottles: She said that I could "easily pull $250," off of one, promethazine bottle. And DeLeon further exclaimed that "that money could at least buy you some groceries!"
Two days later, there's money missing from my Wells Fargo account. Again, assumptions are dangerous, and so I often try not to assume anything! But who was the last person to handle my smart phone? And as I know that I'm active on Door Dash, then isn't it a coincidence that there are unauthorized transactions on my account from Door Dash, and shortly after letting Kailey Trapani go?
