* 10 WORST NURSING HOMES *
***CERTAIN DEATH***
**** AWARDS ****

HERITAGE MANOR CARE CENTER (NOW FIESTA CENTER) HONDO, TX KNOWN FOR DEATH OF CHILDREN

THIS "HOME" KEPT CHILDREN IN CAGES. CITED FOR FOR "ACCIDENTAL" DEATH OF THREE CHILDREN, THE NEWSPAPER COVERING THE AFFAIR REPORTED THE "HOME" ALMOST LOST THEIR MEDICAID FUNDING OVER THE INCIDENT. ONE DISABILITY ADVOCATE ASKED: "HOW MANY CHILDREN DO YOU HAVE TO KILL BEFORE YOU DO LOSE FUNDING?"

MANAGED ALTERNATIVE CARE
CHATSWORTH, CA
FOR: STAFF INCOMPETENCE

COMMONLY KNOWN AS A "COMA HOMA", THIS PRIVATELY RUN UNIT FOR PEOPLE IDENTIFIED AS COMATOSE AND NO-CODE, IS WHERE THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES FORCES VENTILATOR USERS TO "LIVE". ONE RESIDENT OVERHEARD STAFF SAY "IT WOULD BE SO MUCH BETTER IF HE WERE IN A COMA. THEN WE WOULD NOT HAVE TO GET HIM UP. WE'D ONLY HAVE TO TURN HIM, WIPE UP HIS SHIT AND CHANGE HIS FEEDING BOTTLE." BROOKSHIRE HOUSE (FORMERLY ASBURY CIRCLE) DENVER, CO
FOR: MAGGOTS

MAGGOTS IN THE UNATTENDED, OPEN WOUND OF A RESIDENT WAS ONLY ONE OF THE MOST WIDELY PUBLICIZED VIOLATIONS OF THIS NURSING HOME. THE $10,000 A DAY FINE LASTING TEN (10) DAYS - UNTIL HEALTH DEPT. VIOLATIONS WERE CORRECTED - WAS A FIRST.

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