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(15,286 posts)According to reporting in our local county paper, the "temporary manager" turned out to be a management consultant firm that was recommended by the DoH and hired by the owners of Brighton Wellness. They never visited the facility and their mandate was just to review processes and procedures and identify recommended changes. Absolutely unbelievable. A month completely wasted. NOW that DoH plans to hire and pay a professional manager and put him or her onsite to handle the situation. That may be too late as now 300 of the 400+ residents are infected and 71 are dead. As a democrat, I believe in accountability. The failure to address this outbreak falls squarely on the shoulders of Dr Levine and Gov Wolf. They need to acknowledge it and take corrective action as quickly as possible.
Link:https://www.timesonline.com/news/20200508/state-to-pay-for-full-time-manager-at-brighton-rehab-as-questions-swirl-about-role-of-rsquotemporary-managerrsquo
Levine called the confusion a matter of semantics. The department considered the company to be serving in a voluntary, advisory role, officials said.
The role that they played at the facility was similar to what the department would call a temporary manager, department spokesman Nate Wardle said. However, since we did not bring them into the facility, they were not acting as a temporary manager on behalf of the state in this instance.
Documents obtained by the Times detailing the agreement between Brighton Rehab and Long Hill indicate that the company was charged with evaluating the overall leadership and management of the facility, reviewing staffing and reviewing management pandemic/COVID-19 policies and procedures. The company was also expected to review and comment on managements strategies to extend the life of available personal protective equipment, or PPE, and projected inventory rates of PPE.