Ohio "Crack House" Nursing Home - UPDATE
We discussed the Westside Health Care Center in Cincinnati, Ohio in a previous blog and the failure of the Cincinnati Health Department to identify serious and potentially life-threatening conditions at the facility. A March 2008 police and state regulator raid involving Westside Health Care Center and its companion facility the Terrace at Westside exposed leaking sewage, soiled mattresses, vomit on floors, broken toilets, exposed wires, improperly trained employees, and many other serious violations.
The City of Cincinnati is the only city in Ohio that performs its own nursing home inspections. At least, it did until October 1, 2008, when the City Council voted 7-2 to turn over the annual health and safety inspections to the Ohio Department of Health.
Westside Health Care Center and the Terrace at Westside are both owned by Abe Fischer. Westside Health Care Center was recently closed.
