Looters Target Nursing Home
August 31, 2005 by Jerri Lynn Ward, J.D.
Filed under Nursing Homes, Operational Issues
Managers at a nursing home were prepared to cope with the power outages and had enough food for days, but then the looting began. The Covenant Home’s bus driver surrendered the vehicle to carjackers after being threatened.
Bands of people drove by the nursing home, shouting to residents, “Get out!” On Wednesday, 80 residents, most of them in wheelchairs, were being evacuated to other nursing homes in the state.
“We had enough food for 10 days,” said Peggy Hoffman, the home’s executive director. “Now we’ll have to equip our department heads with guns and teach them how to shoot.”
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We have just read about the horrible ordeal that the Covenant Nursing Home resident’s have experienced. We are a skilled nursing home located in Illinois and would like to help. Our census is full, however, we would like to provide any additional assistance we could to Covenant’s residents. Please send us an e-mail as to what and where we can send items to.
We will be eagerly waiting for your response.
Thank you.