FBI Investigating Kentucky Nursing Home
The FBI and the Kentucky Attorney General are investigating allegations that a high-ranking Nursing Home Regulator in the Kentucky State Inspector General's Office may have influenced state investigations of the Garrard Convalescent Home in northern Kentucky. Moses Young, the Assistant Director of Nursing Home Regulations was fired amid allegations that he was on-the-take and jeopardizing the care and safety of some of Kentucky's most vulnerable citizens.
An internal investigation revealed that Young lived in the upscale gated community of Griffin Gate in Lexington. The home in which he lived was owned by Ralph Stacey, Jr., who is the operator of the Garrard Convalescent Home. Young has been unable to provide any documentation of rent payments made to Stacey. Further, the state investigation uncovered 427 phone calls over an eighteen month period from Moses Young's government cell phone to Ralph Stacey, Jr. Many of these calls were on the same day complaints were filed against Stacey's nursing home or when state investigators were headed there for a surprise inspection.
Since 2004, the Garrard Convalescent Home has received 23 complaints, ranging from abuse and neglect to bedbugs. State records show that each complaint was dismissed by state regulators after determinations that they were unsubstantiated. Since the investigation into Young's involvement with Garrard Convalescent Home operator Ralph Stacey, Jr. began, the nursing home has been cited with a Type "A" citation and has been recommended for more than a half a million dollars in fines. A Type "A" citation is the most serious and suggests the safety of residents was in jeopardy.
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