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keeping but not about the kind
"We told them we had to get
of care residents are receiving.
my mother out of there before
The state's survey, completed they killed her," he said. Mrs.
over a four-day period in Janu- Lipowitz, 92, had lived at Pren-
ary, included interviews with tis for close to five years.
staffers and observation of 47 of
Mr. Kling said he's happy with
the 48 residents now living at the care she's receiving at Meno-
Danto. The survey team focused rah House.
on the care of eight residents in
"The facility isn't nearly as
particular, finding that Danto plush [as Danto], but who needs
failed to treat maladies ranging that? Who cares about the car-
from pressure sores to bladder in- peting on the floor and the wall-
fections to diabetes.
paper on the walls? We need
The team's report notes that human beings," he said.
the staff essentially ignored a
Ms. Funds said it is regrettable
physician's order for treatment that Mr. Kling did not speak to
of a male resident's ulcerated leg, her about his concerns, but "I do
treating it not twice a day as or- wish him well."
dered but three times in a two-
Betty Fox, whose mother, Rose
week period.
Katz, died earlier this month,
In its response to the finding, said the staff failed to order a
Danto asserted that the care of chest X-ray for her mother or to
the resident was sim-
ply undocumented;
that his leg was on the
mend. As for a female
resident who suffers
from kidney problems,
the report shows that
the staff did not follow
physician orders for
the kind and amount
of fluids she should
have received. The
same patient's 15-
pound weight gain
over a one-month pe-
riod and multiple pres-
sure sores were not
documented by the fa-
cility.
Danto's response:
The sores were un-
avoidable and the
woman's kidney fail-
ure had been treated
properly.
Other findings in-
cluded a failure of the
staff to help two resi- Sidney Kling moved his mother out of Danto.
dents cut up their
food.
provide her with the\ ice cream
Aside from direct care, the she loved so much. Mrs. Katz
state cited Danto for failing to moved to Menorah House after
place call lights in reach of resi- she left Huron Valley Hospital,
dents and failing to post infor- and died at the age of 102 on Feb.
mation relative to Medicaid and 3.
resident services.
`The last week, I knew she was
A cursory look around Danto ill. I asked the nurse to give her
one morning early this week, ice cream. When I asked if she
however, revealed a picture of did, [the Danto staff] said they
rosy health. Some residents were weren't sure. She didn't get it at
up and about, clean and fully mealtime, I know.
dressed, while others were lis-
"Before she went into the hos-
tening to music in their rooms or pital, the doctor said he would or-
engaged in an exercise class with der an X-ray, but nobody came
a recreational therapist. The fa- by. I knew she had this rattly
cility is neat and odorless.
cough and I knew she needed an
But the positives were not on X-ray. I had asked for her to get
Sidney Kling's mind when he de- fluids and she didn't get them.
cided, along with his brother, Dr. She got to the hospital extreme-
Murray Kling, to move their ly dehydrated," Ms. Fox said.
mother, Edna Lipowitz, out of
Mike Connors, head of Citi-
Danto to Menorah House, the zens for Better Care, an agency
other kosher nursing care facili- that advocates for the elderly,
ty in the area.
said it is unusual for the state to
Mr. Kling said his mother was order a ban on admissions, par-
left black and blue after falling ticularly with a new facility.
out of a chair, that her foot was
And, he added, the Jewish
injured when she was moved out Federation has twice made the
of a wheelchair and that her food mistake of closing its Jewish
was not pureed per her doctor's Home for Aged facilities without
order.
ensuring that residents will re-

