Letter to the Editor Concerning Nursing Home Closings

Below is a letter to the editor from a citizen concerned about the nursing home closings. Her community has also endured the same fate from the same company. Please feel free to send letters to the editor to Kat Country Hub on this matter or any others concerning you. Just be sure to sign them as they won’t be published without a signature.

This is interesting that 60 days are required for closure.

I’m sure the Edgar facility did not have but 30 days and it does take Medicare and Medicaid payments because I had my mother in the facility from Aug 2014 to Oct. 2014. The employees found placement for 24 individuals in 30 days, worked extra shifts and were not paid. I know this to be true because

I can see the facility from my home. We have individuals that had to leave our community that had lived here 80-95 years and now are 30-100 miles away from Edgar. Some are in towns that they have no friend of family in the community. This is great that the other 2 homes are getting saved but what about Edgar and Exeter. They should be given the same consideration as they provided jobs in our communities and our life long residents deserved better than having their community dissolved.

The Edgar home opened in 1972 and now is sitting empty. Something is really wrong with this situation. Edgar closed May 1st. When did Deseret admit that they were insolvent? I would say they made that admission on April 30th when they told the Edgar employees not to cash their checks. This was 1 day before the last 2 residents left. Just a few things to ponder.

Martha Wacker