Saturday, January 08, 2000
Rest home owner to fight revocation
4 patients died during 1999
The Associated Press
DAYTON, Ohio — The owner of a Dayton rest home where four mentally ill residents died during 1999 plans to formally object to a recommendation that the home's license be revoked, the man's attorney said Friday.
Fred Thomas, an examiner for the Ohio Department of Health, made the recommendation in a report issued Thursday. State Health Director J. Nick Baird will make the final decision.
The home's owner, Charles Valley of Springfield, “will be preparing and filing objections to the hearing examiner's report and submitting it to the director,” said Mr. Valley's attorney, Geoffrey Webster.
Mr. Valley agreed to shut the 32-bed home last fall pending the outcome of revocation proceedings.
It's “impossible and probably inappropriate” to assess responsibility for the deaths based on testimony at December's administrative hearings, Mr. Thomas wrote in his report. But “it is clear Valley did not utilize maximum resources in the care of residents during stressful medical emergencies.”
The Montgomery County coroner's office ruled three deaths natural and one accidental, resulting from a client choking on an orange.
Mr. Thomas cited the home for inadequate maintenance, cleanliness and sanitation; for failing to limit smoking to designated areas; and for failing to keep first-aid supplies in easily accessible, unlocked containers.
Mr. Thomas also cited the home's staff for failing to provide a special diet to a diabetic resident who died of a heart ailment in October, shortly after being given a large bag of potato chips and sweetened tea, plus a full breakfast.
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