Sunday, February 16, 2014

State of Ohio Closes Troubled Nursing Home

A long-troubled nursing home in southwestern Ohio — the one that was home to more registered sex offenders than any other in the state — has officially closed.

The last one of 131 residents at Carlton Manor in Washington Court House in Fayette County was moved yesterday.

Carlton Manor had become the state’s de facto nursing home for people who were difficult to place. In addition to 27 registered sex offenders living there, nearly all the other residents had some sort of behavioral, psychological or mental-health problem. Many had a history of violent or aggressive behavior, and some had criminal backgrounds.

The Ohio Department of Health, which licenses nursing homes, said in January it was revoking the home’s license because of a series of failed inspections and a history of trouble, which included not reporting suspected sexual abuse and improperly restraining residents. The government has pulled the home’s Medicaid and Medicare funding.

Of the 131 residents in the facility when the state ordered the closure, 99 moved to other nursing facilities; 21 went to developmental-disability centers; four were placed in mental-health group homes; three moved home; and four died of natural causes.

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State Closes Troubled Nursing Home

3 comments:

  1. ThelmaSunday, February 16, 2014 6:17:00 AM

    It's good that Ohio is on the job.
    How long dd it take?

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  2. FinnySunday, February 16, 2014 9:18:00 AM

    This is a reminder that criminals get old and are integrated into the nursing home system. Beware.

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  3. AnonymousSunday, February 16, 2014 9:50:00 AM

    Once again we must remind everyone of the notorious Scott Schuett, who operated six such hellholes in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia.

    When Scott Schuett's facilities finally closed in October, Janet James, the public guardianship coordinator for the Virginia Department for the Aging, lamented over the case of one such predator, who was violent, sexually abusive, and out of control. Janet James worried how much it would cost to dump this miscreant elsewhere, not that he had been in a facility alongside someone's grandmother, endangering everyone.

    Even today, the head of DARS, James Rothrock, and the head of Adult Protective Services, Gail Nardi, fret about unrealized "prisoner re-entry," a euphemism for dumping violent, sexually aggressive multiple felons into nursing homes next to your gramma, all in the name of saving the state money on medical costs.

    Google Scott Schuett for more appalling details.

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