ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Over 200 people are being laid off as Waterview Heights Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is closing.
In a WARN notice posted by the state Department of Labor, it says 216 workers will be laid off due to the closure. Waterview is being forced to close because inspectors say conditions are so bad they put residents at risk.
The state’s original deadline to close the facility was Sept. 24, but that deadline has been extended multiple times to ensure every resident found a new place to stay. In August, the facility had more than 160 residents who needed a new place.
Now, all residents have found a place, with the majority of them being moved to Lilac Manor on North Goodman Street.
News10NBC’s Deanna Dewberry has extensively investigated the conditions at Waterview Heights and been following this story. She recently won a New York Emmy Award in the Health/Medical News category for her coverage.
Here’s just some of her coverage:
- News10NBC Investigates: Over 70 residents remain at Waterview Heights, still needing new placements
- Consumer Investigation: Waterview resident said he’s kicked out without notice, left homeless
- News10NBC Investigates: Waterview’s plan to find beds for more than 160 residents
- News10NBC Investigates: Going inside nursing homes to see whether they’re following transparency laws
- Investigates: Exclusive video inside Waterview Heights sheds light on resident’s fall from window
- Consumer Investigation: 5 of the worst-rated nursing homes in Monroe County overdue for state inspections
- Consumer Investigation: Waterview Heights closure forces more than 160 residents to find new care placements
- Consumer Investigation: Inspection raises questions about deaths of 4 residents
- News10NBC Investigation: Allegations of neglect at Waterview Heights Nursing Home
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