![]() There were broken medical devices and HVAC equipment and they lacked proper “levels of cleaning and hygiene supplies,” the suit states. The residents, meanwhile, were forced to live in disgusting and unsanitary conditions with dirt, mold, and insects inside the building that has been left in a state of disrepair, the filing claims. And because of this alleged fraud, they were left “in a precarious position to face the COVID-19 pandemic,” the lawsuit states. They “did not reinvest these funds to improve the building, operations or quality of life and care for the residents,” the filing charges. New York State Attorney Generalįrom 2015 through 2021, the facility received $86.4 million in funding – including from Medicare and Medicaid.īut the owners looted $18.6 million of these funds – or 20% of its operating budget – by paying “inflated” rent to their company, Telegraph Realty, and administrative fees to another business – which eventually netted them millions of dollars each, the suit alleges. ![]() Residents were allegedly malnourished, dehydrated and got infections from neglected bedsores. The owners bought the nursing home facility in January 2015, taking it from a five-star Medicare and Medicaid rated facility to just one-star four months later in April of that year, according to the AG’s lawsuit filed in Orleans County Supreme Court Tuesday. The owners also skimped on quality medical staff by allowing nursing assistants do tasks they weren’t trained or licensed for, the AG said.ĭespite being dangerously understaffed – having just four employees working during one overnight shift – the owners still attempted to increase the number of residents at the facility, James said. The owners and managers of The Villages are accused of siphoning $18.6 million in public funding meant to improve resident care. Staffers who had fevers were told to go outside for an hour and then retake their temperatures, James claimed. The sparse staff was forced to work even longer hours and while sick with COVID-19, and were not being provided with proper personal protective equipment. The facility saw 75 residents die from COVID-19 over the course of the pandemic, according to an AG spokesperson. The awful conditions were exacerbated during the pandemic, with management trying to hide COVID cases and not enforcing proper quarantine and isolation protocols, James alleged. Residents developed life-threatening infections and gangrene from bedsores that were allowed to fester and from deficient care, the suit claims. In the worst cases, this poor care allegedly caused patients to die. Meanwhile, the owners slashed staff at the 120-bed facility - leading to neglect of residents, some of whom were often left for hours in their own urine and feces and were malnourished and dehydrated, the AG alleged. The suit, which also names 12 of the nursing home’s owners and managers as defendants, accused them of pocketing funding – including from Medicare and Medicaid – meant for upkeep and quality care of residents. “Yet the abject failure of The Villages and its owners to uphold their duty under the law caused residents to suffer inhumane treatment, neglect, and harm.” NY Attorney General Letitia James filed suit against upstate nursing home facility The Villages of Orleans Health and Rehabilitation Center for neglect of residents. “Every individual deserves to live out their golden years in comfort and with dignity,” James said at a news conference. ![]() The owners of an upstate New York nursing home are accused of siphoning over $18 million in government funds – leaving residents to languish in “inhumane” conditions that only got worse during the coronavirus pandemic, officials said Tuesday.Īttorney General Letitia James announced her lawsuit against The Villages of Orleans Health and Rehabilitation Center in Albion, claiming it was “one of the worst offenders” of nursing homes that put profits over patient care, leading to a crisis when COVID-19 struck in 2020. Woman in hospice, 79, gets dying wish to see horse one last time ![]() ![]() ‘Alarming’ lack of Paxlovid, COVID meds uncovered in New York nursing homes Feds hired NY health czar who defended deadly nursing-home orderĨ9-year-old woman beaten to death by fellow nursing home resident ![]()
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