Campus Health Care shut down, residents moved after state issues violation

LIBERTY

Decorative hearts for Valentine’s Day were still on the windows at Campus Health Care Center on Friday.

But the facility that once housed 44 residents will no longer be called home.

Tennessee-based New Beginnings Healthcare and Rehab, the operator of the facility at 196 Colonial Drive, has decided to shut it down after the state health department proposed to revoke the license there.

“We want the community to know our priority since we arrived in January of 2015 is the safety and care of our residents,” said Terry Walker of New Beginnings in an emailed statement. “We are working with [Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services] and the state of Ohio to cooperate with their decision to find alternate placement for the residents of Campus.”

On Jan. 28, the Ohio Department of Health sent a notification letter to Faye Miller, who is listed as the administrator for Campus Health, stating the department had proposed to issue an order revoking Campus’s license for violating the Ohio Revised Code and the Ohio Administrative Code.

The department of health investigated a complaint Thursday that led it to issue a license violation to Campus.

“Based on observations, interviews and record reviews, the facility failed to ensure sufficient licensed nurse and state-tested nurse-aide staffing on all shifts to provide appropriate and timely restorative services, incontinence care, personal hygiene, wound care and assessment, and comprehensive resident assessments,” a department of health inspection dated Jan. 28 states.

The lack of staffing presented “real and present danger” to the 44 residents there.

Read more about the situation in Saturday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.