{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"KZYX News","title":"Fort Bragg nursing home in crisis","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":389,"description":"December 14, 2021 — Sherwood Oaks, the nursing home in Fort Bragg, is in a serious crisis, according to a report by Dr. William Miller, the Medical Director and Chief of Medical Staff at Adventist Health Mendocino Coast. At last night’s meeting of the Mendocino Coast Healthcare District, he told the board that the property, but not the nursing home itself, is in escrow, and the nursing home is desperately short-staffed.\r\nMiller said if the California Department of Public Health does not provide emergency nursing staff, the facility could close by the new year. The home also lacks a director of nursing. And Will Maloney, the administrator, is retiring next week. Miller said family members of the 36 residents currently on site would start receiving phone calls apprising them of the situation this morning.\r\nHe reported that several meetings yesterday yielded assessments of immediate, mid-range, and long-term levels of crisis. After the staffing, there are serious issues of about $1.5 million worth of deferred maintenance on the property and $2 million in outstanding fees due to the state. \r\nHe sounded something close to a note of optimism when Director Norman Devall asked him if it was possible that the facility would be closed by January 1st. \r\n“If the State does not step up and provide emergency relief nursing, then there is that potential,” he acknowledged. “I find it hard to believe that the State would allow that to happen. They did step up and provide the necessary RN staffing during the covid outbreak. I know that the county is very concerned about this, and they are reaching out to their partners in the State to make sure that that never happens. But that is obviously the concern.” \r\nThe party interested in purchasing the property is Schlomo Rechnitz, who owns 81 nursing homes in the state of California. Rechnitz is the subject of a multi-part investigation by CalMatters reporter Jocelyn Wiener, who has documented multiple instances of how the state’s...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/xZpAumwbhFUpJUYcwaQ1-q6snzOyqAm13l7cW6AWPCM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mMzkz/NjAwNjc2OWMyZmFk/YWY2YTdmYjI5M2Mz/YWMxNy5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}