Central Point, Ore. — A senior living facility in Central Point was forced to close it’s doors on Friday by the Department of Human Services. Family members of residents at Tico’s Adult Foster Home had only a couple hours to make new arrangements.
“I was notified that I immediately needed to go over to the nursing home where my mom was, and spirit her out of there,” Robert Arbogast said. “We had no time to adjust to it, to make plans, to interview other people, look into other places for mom to go.”
The closure of the facility on Queens Gate Court is a result of 21 violations issued by senior services, in a consultation that began on Monday. They range from the size of the address numbers identifying the house, to a smoke detector needing new batteries. The owner of the facility did not wish to be identified, but said the allegations came out of nowhere.
“This is an inspection so I can move locations, so it was very confusing that I’m applying to move my house to a better house, but before I could move my house to a better house, I have to fix up this house,” the owner said.
She said she corrected all of the violations by Thursday. When DHS staff came back, she was given a new list of violations, one which alleges a resident suffered from suspected overdose in April. The owner stated the overdose didn’t happen.
On Friday, she was told her business was being closed.
“They just walked in and said that they’re serving me with the paper, and they’re taking the residents out.”
All four of her residents have been moved, but she said the she will fight the allegations.
“I want to teach my kids, when somebody do you wrong, don’t just roll over, go back, fight.”
NBC5 News reached out to DHS, but did not hear back before this article was published.
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