WILLIAMSTOWN â The former owners of the Sweet Brook Rehabilitation and Nursing Center have agreed to pay the state $110,000 to settle allegations of inadequate care.
Under the terms of the agreement, they also will be barred from owning or operating any long-term care facility in Massachusetts for 10 years, according to a news release from Attorney General Maura Healey s office.
At the time the allegations occurred, the nursing home was owned by SB Operating Co. LLC, which was owned and operated by corporate officers Alexander Sherman, Samuel Sherman, Rochelle Sherman, Zaleman Horowitz and Jeffrey Goldstein.
The former owners of the nursing home failed to adequately meet the needs of and appropriately care for residents, and failed to ensure that nurses and certified nursing assistants had the necessary competencies to provide services for residents,â the release stated.