BY JANINE ZEITLIN
FEBRUARY 11, 2010
The Agency for Health Care Administration is investigating a south Fort Myers nursing home where Lee law enforcers are looking into elder neglect.
Signature HealthCARE at College Park, a 107-bed skilled nursing facility, has been the subject of several complaints to state agencies in the past.
Shelisha Durden, a spokeswoman for AHCA, said she couldn’t discuss any details about the investigation. The agency regulates such facilities.
Kim Morrow, a vice-president of operations for South Florida for Signature HealthCARE, said the business is required by law to self-report to state agencies, so those complaints may have arisen that way.
“I don’t think there are any issues that people need to be concerned about,” Morrow said. “Unfortunately, the negative side to nursing home care is always publicized.”
The Lee sheriff’s office began investigating after a daughter found her 86-year-old father slumped in his wheelchair Tuesday, reports say.
Abridged
SOURCE: NewsPress.Com
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1 comment:
News like this are disheartening. Publicizing the negative side to nursing home is a painful truth. If there is no neglect, then there's no reason to worry. The truth will prevail, so to speak.
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