Name: New DHHS reports reveals awful conditions at nursing home during snow storm
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Description: According to the report, due to a winter storm, only three people were working at the Pine Ridge Health and Rehabilitation Center on Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022. The three staff -- one nurse and two nurse aides -- were attempting to care for 98 residents.

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According to the report, due to a winter storm, only three people were working at the Pine Ridge Health and Rehabilitation Center on Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022. The three staff -- one nurse and two nurse aides -- were attempting to care for 98 residents.

<p>HOME THAT WAS OCCUPIED AT THE TIME. BACK TO YOU. THANK YOU, MARK. A NEW REPORT EXPLAINS WHAT HAPPENED AT THOMASVILLE NURSING HOME IN JANUARY. &gt;&gt; WITH JUST 3 WORKERS WERE LEFT TO CARE FOR 98 PATIENTS, POLICE AND EMS FOUND HORRIFIC CONDITIONS TO PATIENTS DEAD AND 2 IN CRITICAL CONDITION. WRAL'S CAPITOL BUREAU CHIEF LAURA LESLIE JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM THE LEGISLATIVE BUILDING WHERE STATE LAWMAKERS RECEIVED THAT REPORT TODAY. LAURA. &gt;&gt; THAT STATE REPORT DETAILS SOME 500 HOURS OF INVESTIGATION BY HEALTH REGULATORS. THE LATER IN THE STATE TOLD LAWMAKERS TODAY MANAGEMENT FAILURES AT THAT FACILITY HAD PUT NEARLY 100 RESIDENTS AT IMMEDIATE RISK OF HARM OR DEATH. &gt;&gt; AS A WINTER STORM MOVED IN JANUARY, 16TH, SOME STAFF AT PINE RIDGE, HEALTH AND THOMASVILLE DIDN'T COME IN AND OTHERS LEFT WORK EARLY. JUST ONE NURSE AND TO NURSE AIDS WERE LEFT TO CARE FOR 98 PATIENTS. MANY OF THEM COMPLETELY DEPENDENT ON HELP. AND MARY MILLIKEN IS THE STATE'S TOP REGULATOR. THERE WERE SO FEW STAFF PRESIDENT THE FACILITY. &gt;&gt; THAT RESIDENTS AT THE FACILITY MADE 9-1-1. CALLS TO ASK FOR HELP. THESE 9-1-1, CALLS REPORTED THE CALLER NEEDED HELP THAT SHE HADN'T SEEN STAFF OR HOURS COULDN'T REACH STAFF THAT SHE WAS WET. SHE WAS HUNGRY, HAD NOT HAD SUFFER WHEN POLICE RESPONDED, THEY FOUND CHAOS. PATIENTS CRYING, SHOUTING FOR HELP, SOME LYING IN THEIR OWN WASTE. THEY HAVE NOT HAD THEIR MEDICATIONS. &gt;&gt; 2 PATIENTS WERE DEAD AND 2 WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL IN CRITICAL CONDITION. REPRESENTATIVE STEVE JARVIS ASKED HOW THIS COULD HAVE HAPPENED. YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE MOST VULNERABLE POPULATION AND I'M VERY CONCERNED. &gt;&gt; WHAT IF THAT WAS MY MOTHER? WHAT IF IT WAS YOUR MOTHER, YOUR FATHER? &gt;&gt; WE NEED TO HAVE THAT THINGS IN PLACE. MILLIKAN EXPLAINED THAT ALL ADULT CARE HOMES ARE REQUIRED BY FEDERAL AND STATE LAW TO HAVE EMERGENCY PLANS IN PLACE. THAT INCLUDES SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS. &gt;&gt; SHE SAID INSPECTORS VERIFIED LAST SUMMER THAT PINE RIDGE HAD A DETAILED PLANS. &gt;&gt; BUT THE FACILITY MANAGEMENT CHANGE LAST AUGUST. AND THE NEW ADMINISTRATOR WAS NOT AWARE OF THE PLAN. SO IT WAS NEVER ACTIVATED. YOU CAN'T READ THAT REPORT AND NOT FEEL A REAL SENSE OF SADNESS FROM BOTH WHAT HAPPENED TO THE RESIDENTS AND FOR THOSE 3 STAFF WHO ARE TRYING SO HARD TO SERVE THE NEEDS OF 98. &gt;&gt; I THINK IT WAS TRULY A TRAUMATIC INCIDENT FOR BOTH. &gt;&gt; AMERICAN SAID THAT REPORT HAS BEEN TURNED OVER TO BUY COURSE MEANT THEY HAVE WON 2 STRAIGHT OR IN THIS CASE WAS FIRED. PINE RIDGE HAS SAID IN THE PAST THAT THE DEATHS OF THE 2 RESIDENTS WERE NOT RELATED TO THE STAFFING MUCH AND STATE, BUT THEY DECLINED TO COMMENT FOR THIS STORY THAT.</p>

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