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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.
Arizona Nursing Home Under Scrutiny for Requiring COVID-Infected Employees to Work
On 1/28/21 at 2:51 PM EST
A nursing home in Prescott, Arizona, is under scrutiny after a months-long investigation by state health officials revealed that managers required staffers to work while visibly sick with COVID-19.
The Granite Creek Health and Rehabilitation Center was first discovered in July to have forced infected employees to carry out their shifts despite having positive COVID-19 tests and isolation orders.
Now, the facility s leadership could face a review by the state regulatory board that oversees nursing home administrators,
The Arizona Republic reported Wednesday.
According to the lengthy state health investigation, some staffers were found to be so ill they were sweating and weak but were still expected to stay on their shift.