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Nursing Home Injury Attorney in Cleveland: Arizona Center Where Raped Woman Gave Birth to Remain Open

In news that might surprise anybody who doesn’t happen to be a nursing home injury attorney in Cleveland, the Arizona facility where an incapacitated woman was raped and gave birth will continue to remain open.

This story is all too familiar in this country. Indeed, nursing home abuse is such a harsh reality in this country because it’s so easy to sweep it under the rug.

Under the Governor’s Orders

Hacienda HealthCare was to be closed, the center’s board of directors decided, stating that it could not afford with Arizona officials demand to work with a third-party manager to oversee day-to-day operations — expected to cost $500,000 annually.

“After a great deal of careful consideration,” the company “has come to understand that it is simply not sustainable to continue to operate our Intermediate Care Facility for the Intellectually Disabled,” Hacienda said in a statement, The New York Times reported.

Health Department Will Monitor

Arizona’s Gov. Doug Duce issued an executive order for the facility to remain open in the interest of the residents. As a compromise, the facility must accept 24 hour monitoring by the Arizona Department of Health Services.

“Our agencies will continue to work with Hacienda to implement a voluntary regulatory agreement with strong oversight and accountability measures that ensure safety and quality care going forward for patients,” said spokesman Patrick Ptak in an email to local media.

Hopefully, this will give the patients the safety and security they deserve. Nursing home abuse is far too rampant, a sad reality we face every day as nursing home injury attorneys in Cleveland.