The owner of an unlicensed Hamilton County assisted living facility has been
arrested on charges that she neglected the welfare and health of five
disabled adults, operated the Jasper facility without a license, and
engaged in the practice of nursing without a license, Attorney General Bill McCollum said today.
Gwendolyn Ann McClain, owner of Gwen's Assisted Living, was arrested by the Attorney General's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit with assistance from the Hamilton
County Sheriff's Office.
Investigators with the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit began investigating
McClain, 47, after receiving information from the Florida Department of
Children and Families, Adult Protective Services. The investigation
revealed that the residents were living in a condemned and uninhabitable
mobile home that had no running water, inadequate sources of heat and air
conditioning, and no operational bathroom or kitchen, authorities said. Reports indicate there was exposed wiring in the building, no room doors for privacy, no operational telephone, and holes in the floors, walls and ceiling. In addition, McClain allegedly administered medications to the residents and made medical decisions for them without any license, training or certification. Investigators say McClain was taking the residents' Supplemental Security Income and Social Security Disability checks as payment for her services.
McClain is charged with two counts of operating an assisted living
facility without a license, five counts of neglect of an elderly or
disabled adult, and one count of practicing nursing without a license, all
third-degree felonies. If convicted, she faces up to 40 years in prison
and a $40,000 fine. The case will be prosecuted by the State Attorney's
Office for the Third Judicial Circuit.
Jasper News
June 30, 2009
<font color="#FF0000">BREAKING NEWS:</font> Owner of Jasper assisted living facility arrested
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