Update - State assumes control of nursing home
All the entities concerned with the operation, ownership, and management of Mary Conrad Center, including the SOA, are continuing discussions with potential new owners. Should the need arise; the provisional license will be considered for extension.
December 24, 2008 - State grants Mary Conrad home temporary license
The owner of the embattled Mary Conrad Center has agreed to sell the home within 60 days, state health officials said Wednesday.
The health department seized control of the nursing home last Thursday after a five-day investigation, revoking its license and saying it posed an "immediate danger to the health, safety or welfare" of its roughly 90 residents.
The state found medication errors, unclean kitchens and residents with unattended injuries, among other problems, said Public Health Director Beverly Wooley.
December 19, 2008 - State assumes control of nursing home
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State health officials said today they are taking over a long-term care center in Anchorage due to the alleged "immediate danger to the health, safety or welfare" of its residents.
he 78-unit Mary Conrad Center was sold this year to RainDance Healthcare Corp. Inc., a Seattle company owned by a controversial former nursing home executive who had stints involving corporate lawsuits and bankruptcy.
State officials said they served a notice today of immediate license revocation to RainDance following the results of a recent inspection at the nursing home. They said revoking a license is a "rare step."
The inspection last week "revealed conditions which the state believed to present an immediate danger to the health, safety or welfare of individuals receiving services at the center," the state said. It provided no details of its inspection.
The state Department of Health and Social Services said it has brought extra staff to the center to manage it. RainDance will be able to appeal the license revocation.
Last year, the Cook Inlet Housing Authority decided to sell the center after it and Providence Health and Services could not agree on terms for renewal of Providence's lease agreement to run the center.
The proposed sale generated concern among some families who said they "Googled" the owner of RainDance, Andrew Turner, after the proposed sale was announced and worried about his past business history.When Turner visited the center after the proposed sale was announced, he told residents and families that he planned no changes in staffing levels, employee benefits and services to residents.
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