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COOPERSTOWN – County Rep. Kay Stuligross, D-Oneonta, who chairs the Otsego Manor Committee of the county Board of Representatives, was expected the state Department of Health to approve the sale of the county nursing home to Focus Ventures of Rockland County. The department’s press office did not confirm the approval by the end of its workday today, but word should be forthcoming tomorrow.
4 Staff Arrested At Focus Nursing Home 94-Year-Old Woman Left In Recliner For 41 Hours, Attorney General Alleges COOPERSTOWN – Four former employees of Focus Rehabilitation & Nursing Center were arrested for allegedly leaving a 94-year-old resident alone in a recliner for nearly two days, according to Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman. LPN Lorraine Caldwell, 54, Holland Patient; LPN Amanda Gus, 30, Hartwick; Sarah Schuyler, certified nurse assistant (CNA), 29, and CNA Donna Gray, 48, Sidney, face charges they they each failed to provide care to a 94-year-old resident over the Memorial Day weekend this year.…
IN MEMORIAM: Randy C. Bullis, 61; Lifelong Resident Of Otsego County HARTWICK – Randy C Bullis, 61, of Hartwick, a lifelong Otsego County resident, passed away unexpectedly March 9, 2018 at his home. He was born on Aug. 1, 1956, in Oneonta, son of the late Clayton and Bessie (Houck) Bullis. He graduated from Franklin Central School.…
Editorial, June 29, 2018 Focus Indictments Put All Nursing-Home Operators On Notice Now we know, lives indeed may be at stake. Two top executives of Focus Ventures have been arrested on eight counts involving two residents of the county’s former nursing home, Otsego Manor. (The county sold the Manor to Focus in January 2014, for $18.5 million, and Centers Health Care bought it from Focus in January for an undisclosed sum.) Five of the counts are “endangering the welfare of an incompetent or physically disabled person.” The other three are “willful violation of health laws.” Two patients were involved. The…