ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Waterview Heights Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is closing after inspectors said poor conditions put residents’ lives in danger.
The latest
The facility was supposed to close Thursday, but not all residents had found new nursing homes, so the planned closure date is now Tuesday. Most of the remaining residents will likely be moved miles away.
New nursing home search
Samuel Imburgia is one of more than two dozen Waterview Heights residents still searching for another nursing home.
About 20 residents at Waterview still do not have a placement plan and nine are being treated in local hospitals.
What an elder care consultant says
Finding a nursing home in the Rochester area is no easy task, Mike Kearney, an elder care consultant who owns Senior Care Authority of Rochester, said. Nursing home administrators consider two primary factors when deciding whether to take a resident.
“How hard is the person to take care of,” Kearney said…