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State inspectors found pitiable conditions when they visited Golden Years Rest Home, right, in Letcher County in December, the Lexington Herald-Leader's Beth Musgrave and Valarie Honeycutt-Spears report.
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- Bills Would Require More Assessment Before A Patient Can Be Admitted To A Personal-care Home
Legislation dubbed "Larry's Law" is aimed at preventing what happened to Larry Lee from happening again. House Bill 307, filed by Democratic Rep. Terry Mills, right, "would require an individual to be examined and assessed by a medical professional...
- Ex-boss Of Defunct Jenkins Personal-care Home Accepts Federal Plea Deal; He And Relatives Still Face State Charges
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- Death Of Personal-care Home Resident Has Lawmakers From His Hometown Talking About Stricter Staffing Rules
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- Former Boss Of Troubled Personal-care Home Is Indicted
"Another former administrator of a troubled Letcher County personal care home has been indicted on charges of witness tampering and theft," Beth Musgrave reports for the Lexington Herald-Leader. A county grand jury indicted Jonah Tackett, former administrator...
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Poor conditions found at Letcher County personal-care home
State inspectors found pitiable conditions when they visited Golden Years Rest Home, right, in Letcher County in December, the Lexington Herald-Leader's Beth Musgrave and Valarie Honeycutt-Spears report. Kool-Aid dripping on insulin bottles, expired medications and a hallway smelling of urine and feces were among the conditions found at the personal-care home in December. Inspectors also learned the home's 35 residents could only bathe every other day because of a lack of linens, and there was no milk because the bill hadn't been paid in a month.
"Quite frankly, if children were living in the same conditions that are found at some, but not all, personal care homes, we would never tolerate it," Marsha Hockensmith, state director of protection and advocacy, told the Herald-Leader. The sub-standard conditions found at Golden Years are the latest to be discovered in personal-care homes in the state. (Read more)
- Agreement Will Move At Least 600 From Personal-care Homes To Community Mental Health Facilities
At least 600 people now in personal-care homes will be moved to community-based settings under "an agreement that advocates say will systematically change the way community mental health services are delivered in Kentucky, improving the lives of hundreds...
- Bills Would Require More Assessment Before A Patient Can Be Admitted To A Personal-care Home
Legislation dubbed "Larry's Law" is aimed at preventing what happened to Larry Lee from happening again. House Bill 307, filed by Democratic Rep. Terry Mills, right, "would require an individual to be examined and assessed by a medical professional...
- Ex-boss Of Defunct Jenkins Personal-care Home Accepts Federal Plea Deal; He And Relatives Still Face State Charges
"The former administrator of a Letcher County personal-care home that was recently shut down by the state pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court to a charge that he took thousands of dollars from residents," Valarie Honeycutt Spears reports for the...
- Death Of Personal-care Home Resident Has Lawmakers From His Hometown Talking About Stricter Staffing Rules
The death of a missing personal-care home resident has a bipartisan pair of Kentucky lawmakers from his home town of talking about setting staffng standards for Kentucky's personal-care homes or even nursing homes, which have successfully lobbied...
- Former Boss Of Troubled Personal-care Home Is Indicted
"Another former administrator of a troubled Letcher County personal care home has been indicted on charges of witness tampering and theft," Beth Musgrave reports for the Lexington Herald-Leader. A county grand jury indicted Jonah Tackett, former administrator...