Signature HealthCare said in a press release that Morgantown Care & Rehabilitation Center has 29 residents and 22 employees who have tested positive for the virus.
"Officials said all 29 residents stricken are 'asymptomatic' or have 'mild' cases of the virus," and all are being treated at the facility, in a separate wing, WBKO-TV in Bowling Green reports.
Signature also owns Summit Manor in Columbia, where 29 residents and four employees were found to have the virus Thursday. It also owns homes in Annville, Bardstown, Bedford, Bowling Green, Carrollton, Elizabethtown, Hartford, Horse Cave, Glasgow, Georgetown, Lawrenceburg, Louisville, Lexington, Owensboro, Pine Knot, Radcliff, Taylorsville, Tompkinsville,
Five of those facilities had serious deficiencies during inspections in the three years ending in mid-2019: Jefferson Manor and Jefferson Place in Louisville, with eight and five, respectively; and facilities in Hartford, Annville and Bedford, with six, four and two, respectively. Jefferson Manor was assessed the most fines, totaling $341,493; next were Hartford, $210,124, and Jefferson Place, $140,521. Eight other Signature facilities were assessed fines during those three years. A list compiled by ProPublica is at https://projects.propublica.org/nursing-homes/state/KY.
The company said the Morgantown facility “was fortunate enough to obtain enough of the highly sought after and reliable covid-19 tests, and out of an abundance of caution for the protection of our residents, staff and community at large, (that a decision was made) to test the entire facility.”
"Butler County Judge-Executive Tim Flener announced the news in a Facebook post Sunday, identifying the facility as the community’s nursing home," the Bowling Green Daily News reports.
The company said any employees who tested positive would not be allowed to return to work "without special and verified medical clearance," and residents whose cases become more severe will be transferred to hospitals as directed by their physicians.
Five of those facilities had serious deficiencies during inspections in the three years ending in mid-2019: Jefferson Manor and Jefferson Place in Louisville, with eight and five, respectively; and facilities in Hartford, Annville and Bedford, with six, four and two, respectively. Jefferson Manor was assessed the most fines, totaling $341,493; next were Hartford, $210,124, and Jefferson Place, $140,521. Eight other Signature facilities were assessed fines during those three years. A list compiled by ProPublica is at https://projects.propublica.org/nursing-homes/state/KY.
The company said the Morgantown facility “was fortunate enough to obtain enough of the highly sought after and reliable covid-19 tests, and out of an abundance of caution for the protection of our residents, staff and community at large, (that a decision was made) to test the entire facility.”
"Butler County Judge-Executive Tim Flener announced the news in a Facebook post Sunday, identifying the facility as the community’s nursing home," the Bowling Green Daily News reports.
The company said any employees who tested positive would not be allowed to return to work "without special and verified medical clearance," and residents whose cases become more severe will be transferred to hospitals as directed by their physicians.
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