Nursing homes, assisted living facilities, senior homes etc. unless they are giving personal service -do not have to be licensed! If they are giving personal service but under a different company name they do not have to be licensed! If the facility is not licenced they do not have to be inspected! Even when the residents are getting food poisoning on a regular basis and have
continually reported getting sick - the County Health Department does not have to inspect!
Residents with a memory loss are especially vulnerable. Management of the assited living facility may suggest to the care giver that they call the County Health Dep't - knowing full
well that there will not be an inspection. I called the County Health Dep't regarding rotten
food being served at a local facility. I was told that they would get back to me. I called them
4 days later. ( After my brother called and said everything was fine -according to the Sr. Center manager.)
I was told everything was fine. I asked if the facility was inspected. The answer was shocking! The man in charge of the County Health Department said,
"Actually I called and asked the person in charge of the kitchen if she was using expired food?,
and she said ,"No"!
Doesn't the County know that if someone is going to cheat they are going to lie! Listen to your loved ones in senior facilities. A social worker's only suggestion was -"move them out."
