Ohio Nursing Home Worse Than A "Crack House"
The Ohio Department of Health is trying to take away Medicaid funding from Westside Health Care Center and its attached assisted living facility. Described by local police as ""worse than any crack house they had come across"", they have raided the facility twice in 2008. The Department of Health tried to close the facility after its examiners decided that the health and living conditions for the facility were inadequate. Given the opportunity to come up with a plan to correct deficiencies and prevent closure, the facility failed to do so. The facility currently has approximately 40 residents.
Currently, a judge has blocked the closure because of the trauma it would cause the residents. A hearing to determine if the state will be allowed to remove the Medicaid funding will take place on July 23. The owner of the facility faces 180 days in jail and/or a $1,000 fine if he is found guilty of the charges stemming from the housing and fire code violations at the two facilties. The company also faces a fine of $5,000. To read more on this story, go to State Tries To Close Nursing Home.
