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remove the four Level A
deficiencies, they will send
a termination letter to the
Health Care Financing
Administration (part of the
U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services) and
Michigan Department of
Social Services.
The letter will recom-
mend the cessation of the
Home's Medicare and
Medicaid funding, which
are administered by those
agencies.
Ms. Shott said she could
neither comment on the
likelihood of a termination
letter nor the status of the
Home's license until she
reads the plan of correction.
Borman Hall administra-
tor John Steele said, "We're
working really hard to get

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Staff at the Home are
working under the assump-
tion that they have 45 days
to effect improvements,
though administrators have
requested more time to
come into compliance.

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"The state
wants to know
how we're
going to fix the
problem."

What Happens When
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the (plan of correction)
done. The state wants to
know how we're going to fix
the problem and keep it
fixed."

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s Borman Hall moves
to correct code viola-
tions following its
last state inspection
in July, the Jewish Home
for Aged in Providence, R.I.,
is closing its doors.
Saul Zeichner, president
and CEO of the Jewish
Home for Aged of Rhode
Island, warns Detroit about
the hazards of shutting
down.
"It's like sitting shiva
every day," he said. "It's
awful. Some of my staff say
they drive to work in tears
now."
Unlike Borman Hall —
which has repeatedly run
into trouble for deficiencies
in quality of care, nursing
services, administration
and resident assessments —
JHA of Rhode Island was
not cited for code violations.
Officials at the 254-bed
facility have called it quits
after years of financial prob-
lems. Though it has
retained its Medicare
and Medicaid funding,
Rhode Island's only Jewish
nursing home watched
its average daily census
drop to 220 from 250 last
year.
The community's Jewish
federation, which has
allocated money to the
home on an annual basis,
did not give it a funding
boost. Federation officials
did not think that more
money would solve the
Rhode Island home's prob-
lems, which largely

stemmed from contention
over benefits with its union.
Mr. Zeichner estimates the
cost for closing at $3
million, some of which will
be taken from an endow-
ment.
He described the commu-
nity's response to the clos-
ing of the Rhode Island JHA
as a combination of "anger,
shock and despair." Many
people have pointed the fin-
ger of blame at the local fed-
eration.

"It's like
sitting shiva
every day."

Saul Zeichner

"What's interesting is the
non-Jewish community has
reacted," he said. "They are
shocked. The Jewish
community has always had
the reputation of taking
care of its own."
Most of the Rhode Island
home's 220 residents have
been relocated, but few to
kosher facilities. There
are few available beds in
kosher facilities, Mr.
Zeichner said. Since June,
JHA administrators have
placed their elderly in
nursing homes through-
out Rhode Island,
Massachusetts, Connecti-
cut, New Jersey and as far
away as Florida. ❑

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