The state board that regulates nursing home administrators has opened complaints against five administrators of a Prescott nursing home after an investigation found multiple staffers were forced to work despite having tested positive for COVID-19.
State health department inspectors found that managers kept workers on the job while sick in June. Federal data shows at least 15 residents died of the disease during the month that followed.
The Arizona Board of Examiners of Nursing Care Institution Administrators and Assisted Living Facility Managers placed Granite Creek Health & Rehabilitation Center on its agenda for Monday after an Arizona Republic investigation reported on the nursing home s practices, and after receiving further questions from The Republic about why the board had not previously reviewed the case.