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07-24-2007, 01:58 PM
State: Celina nursing home conditions 'horrific' 12:35 PM CT
01:15 PM CDT on Tuesday, July 24, 2007
By BRANDON FORMBY / The Dallas Morning News
bformby@dallasnews.com
A trustee has been appointed to run a Celina nursing home where inspectors found “grossly inadequate medical care" and "squalid conditions," the state says.
A recent inspection by the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services found a “complete breakdown” at the Amberwood Care Center in the 600 block of Ohio Street in Celina, where 42 people resided.
“The conditions were pretty horrific,” said Paco Felici, a spokesman for the Texas Attorney General’s office, which filed the suit after the Aging and Disability Department presented its findings.
Among other things, the investigation found patients suffering from bed ulcers, a tracheotomy tube “coated with crust,” and ventilators set at “dangerously high oxygen flow pressures
James W. Jewel, who owns the facility, could not immediately be reached for comment.
According to the attorney general’s office, the Aging and Disability Department will provide the court-appointed trustee with $200,000 to care for or transfer the facility’s patients.
The temporary restraining order issued Friday requires Mr. Jewel to repay any money spent for the care of the facility’s residents.
“We are seeking to have the trustee remain in place as long as necessary to remedy the situation,” Mr. Felici said.
01:15 PM CDT on Tuesday, July 24, 2007
By BRANDON FORMBY / The Dallas Morning News
bformby@dallasnews.com
A trustee has been appointed to run a Celina nursing home where inspectors found “grossly inadequate medical care" and "squalid conditions," the state says.
A recent inspection by the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services found a “complete breakdown” at the Amberwood Care Center in the 600 block of Ohio Street in Celina, where 42 people resided.
“The conditions were pretty horrific,” said Paco Felici, a spokesman for the Texas Attorney General’s office, which filed the suit after the Aging and Disability Department presented its findings.
Among other things, the investigation found patients suffering from bed ulcers, a tracheotomy tube “coated with crust,” and ventilators set at “dangerously high oxygen flow pressures
James W. Jewel, who owns the facility, could not immediately be reached for comment.
According to the attorney general’s office, the Aging and Disability Department will provide the court-appointed trustee with $200,000 to care for or transfer the facility’s patients.
The temporary restraining order issued Friday requires Mr. Jewel to repay any money spent for the care of the facility’s residents.
“We are seeking to have the trustee remain in place as long as necessary to remedy the situation,” Mr. Felici said.