They are our most fragile and most vulnerable -- and they are not being treated right.
They are being tied down with sheets, being left unsupervised as their caretaker takes a nap, and occasionally being verbally and physically abused, state records show.
In the last two years, Genesee County’s 285 adult foster care facilities have racked up 323 reported violations of state rules, according to a Flint Journal investigation of Michigan Department of Human Services records.
One facility, Sister Love Adult Care in Flint, racked up 27 violations in one year before the state shut it down on July 11. Investigators found residents were suffering from bed sores and not getting their medicines.
And, just this month the state recommended revoking the license of another facility, Carol’s AFC in Flint’s college and cultural neighborhood, after repeated violations.
It is a nightmare come true for many who struggle to find a place where loved ones with mental illness or incapacitated by old age can get the care that family simply can no longer provide.
Full Article and Source:
Genesee County Nursing Homes Rack Up Hundreds of Care Violations
See Also:
Investigation at MI Adult Foster Care
6 comments:
Why isn't government doing a better job investigating these places?
A truckload of disinfectent is needed to clean up he nursing homes in MI.
The problem is, Thelma, that old people don't matter to society. So, this kind of cruelty and neglect will continue.
Look at that...there are more violations than there are facilities.
Have they just gone crazy?
Is the state doing any yearly inspections?
They should not only revoke licenses, but they should be pursuing criminal charges.
It sickens me to think that one day we will likely be stuck in a nursing home and subjected to these horriffic conditions.
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