Ohio "Crack House" Nursing Home - UPDATE
Abe Fischer, former owner of Westside Health Care Center and current owner of the Terrace at Westside, has signed a plea agreement that his company will pay $5,000 for code violations found at his properties in a police raid on March 13, 2008. The charges against Abe Fischer personally were dropped. Fischer faced jail and up to $6,000 in fines if convicted.
We have discussed this situation previously in numerous blogs. The facilities owned by Fischer were described by police as "worse than any crack house" they had seen. The facilities were dirty and feces and vomit were found on the floors. Doors were tied shut and electrical wires were exposed.
Westside Health Care Center has since been closed and the city health department will determine next week if the Terrace at Westside will be allowed to remain open.
