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California nursing home chain ReNew Health has been responsible for repeated failures in patient care so many that the state health department moved to block its CEO, Crystal Solorzano, from taking over nine nursing facilities last year.
Yet, due to a loophole in the state’s slow-moving licensing process, Solorzano’s businesses are running those homes and several others, LAist revealed in
Several members of California’s Congressional delegation have reacted to our story with alarm and calls for change.
“I was horrified by some of the reporting on conditions in these facilities,” said Rep. Pete Aguilar, who represents part of the Inland Empire including a facility where at least 23 residents died from COVID-19.
In 2020 nonprofits in Northeast Florida and statewide had to navigate decreased funding, increased demand, disrupted services, homebound staff and volunteers, and nagging concerns that their organizations might not survive the pandemic.
By the end of the year, most were still in business albeit with operational changes, at least and feeling guardedly hopeful about 2021, according to the results of a December survey by the Florida Nonprofit Alliance.
The Jacksonville-based group also conducted surveys in April and July. Fewer organizations anticipate closing and more are hopeful that they will be able to resume programs and services in 2021, said Sabeen Perwaiz, president and CEO. Looking forward, they are feeling slightly more optimistic than they were in July … although it is still very dire for some.