The proposed ownership change puts financial oversight, staffing and resident-care protections before the Department of Health, which makes the decision on the acquisition.
A state advisory council has recommended approval of a for-profit operator’s acquisition of three Rhode Island nursing homes, according to Attorney General Peter Neronha, who is urging the Department of Health to reject the purchase or impose financial and resident-care protections.
Advinia Care’s proposed acquisition received an unequivocal recommendation from the Health Services Council, Neronha’s office said in a statement Friday, following the attorney general’s November 2 written objection…