Borman Hopes State
Will Give It Time
RUTH LITTMANN STAFF WRITER
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wo weeks after
Michigan Department
of Public Health
inspectors cited
Borman Hall for serious vio-
lations of state codes, mem-
bers of the Jewish commu-
nity are awaiting word on
whether state and federal
agencies will grant the facil-
ity time to come into compli-
ance.
The MDPH's written
report — which was to be
released late this week —
gives the state's formal
account of the Home's sta-
tus. State officials do not
expect the report to call for
Borman's shutdown. On
Tuesday, however, officials
had not seen the formal
report and were uncertain
of how many days Borman
Hall will get to clean up its
act before another state
inspection.
David Rector, chief of
MDPH's field services, said
the written report will be
sent to Chicago, where the
Health Care Financing
Administration (part of the
U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services) will
review it, then determine
whether to give the Home
45 days to preserve its
Medicare funding. The
report also will be sent to
the Michigan Department of
Social Services, which
administers federal
Medicaid dollars. All three
government bodies — the
MDPH, HCFA and DSS —
will play a vital role in
determining the fate of
Borman Hall.
Bortolani-
Denise
Rabidoux, executive director
of the Jewish Home for
Aged, hopes Borman Hall
will receive double the cus-
tomary 45-day grace period. -
Last week, she met in
Lansing with Dr. Richard-
Yerian, chief medical con-
sultant for the Bureau of
Health Systems, to request
at least 90 days to get the
Home in order. Spokesmen
for Borman Hall have told
state officials that th
Home's management team
is new and needs more time
to implement its systems of
care.
"I feel pretty comfortable
that they will give us a little
longer," Ms. Rabidoux said.
Much of the extra time
will be spent educating staff
about how to better care for
the Home's elderly resi-
dents, she said. One of the
state's citations concerned
the Home's quality of resi-
dent care. Administrators
are coordinating workshops
to teach nurses and nurses
aides methods to better
attend to residents' needs.
They are inviting residents
to participate in the work-
shops, in hopes they will
give firsthand accounts of
where the Home's nursing
care falls short.
"We want residents to
explain what it means to be
a someone who can't move
his right arm and then to
have a tray put in front of
him without further assis-
tance from a nurse," Ms.
Rabidoux said.
"I feel pretty
comfortable that
they will give us a
little longer."
Denise Bortolani-Rabidoux
Current administrators,
as well as some outside con-
sultants, will lead the edu-
cational workshops. Unlike
proceedings during last
year's clean-up, none of the
consultants have been hired
as full-time employees, Ms.
Rabidoux said.
"I think the staff is
responding well at this
point to the educational ses-
sions, feeling committed to
the Home and wanting to do
everything they can to
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