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This announcement comes a day after Hacienda announced its decision to close the intermediate care facility for intellectually disabled patients, as keeping the facility open was unsustainable.
Gov. Doug Ducey applauded Ducey's spokesperson, Patrick Ptak, on Hacienda's willingness to remain open under a new regulatory agreement.
"Due to the fragile medical condition of this community, keeping patients where they resided was always our preferred choice and the safest option for patients," he said.
Government agencies will work with the health care provider to put in place "a voluntary regulatory agreement with stringent surveillance and accountability measures to ensure the safety and quality of patient care," he said. declared. [19659005] There are 37 patients in the facility.
The alleged victim, whom CNN did not name because prosecutors are pursuing the case as a sexual assault, was in the long-term care facility since 1992. She was relocated.
The 29-year-old woman's family claims to have significant intellectual disabilities as a result of epileptic seizures. Although the woman bedridden is non-verbal, she has some ability to move her extremities, responds to sound and can do facial gestures, her family says.
She also has respiratory and gastric tubes
Hacienda stated that she had made changes after the alleged sexual assault of an ex-nurse. The suspect, 36-year-old Nathan Sutherland, has pleaded not guilty in a state court and is currently being held on bail of $ 500,000.
Improvements to the facility included "enhanced security", new surveillance cameras and new officers, as well as retraining of staff. Protocols of abuse and neglect.
"Our patients, their families, our team members and the community deserve nothing less than this commitment from us," said Hacienda HealthCare.
