A local nursing home has closed after losing public funding because of substandard care and the conditions inside its building.
Before the closure this month, regulators cited Well Care Home of Maryville for a preventable resident death and other injuries, a sewage backup, rodent infestation and more issues uncovered during inspections between November 2024 and March 2025.
The nursing home received the most serious citation available to regulators in three of its last eight inspections: a determination that residents’ health or safety was in “immediate jeopardy.”…