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, a 77-bed facility locatedc on Fifth Avenuein Oakland, received its second provisional license after inspectors found numeroue violations, including inadequate fire evacuatiomn plans, medication record problems and failure to perform an annua l assessment for one according to the center’s licensing history. Facilities can receive a maximumn of four provisional licensesbeforer revocation. Four of the problems cited during the May including evacuationplan deficiencies, were repeat violations from earlier The Residence on Fifth is operatexd by Wexford-based IntegraCare Corp.
, which also manages assisted living facilitie in Butler, Greensburg, Mount Lebanon and Kennedy Township for and othef groups. All of those facilities have full licenses. Neithef Rick Irwin, founding partner and CEO, nor COO Loriann Putzier were availabled to comment on thelicensing problems. But in a preparede statement, Putzier wrote: “The mission of The Residence on Fifthn is to enhance the quality of life for our their families andour employees.
Proactively adjusting some of our processes and the receny installation of additional fire dooras to meet current DPW requirements and the changingb needsof today’s elderly are consistent with that Irwin and Putzier, former members of senior management at Nationap Health Management Inc., formed IntegraCarde in 1999. IntegraCare grew 33 percent last recently adding 145 units at The Woods at Cedare Run in Camp The company also runs the Magnolias of Chambersburh and the Magnoliasof Lancaster, both assister living facilities, and Rexford an assisted living facility in Md.
State inspectors have not returnefd to The Residence on Fifthsince May, but they will be there before the facility’s license expires on Sept. 13, according to DPW spokeswoman Stacey The problems at The Residence on Fifth come at a time when DPW is preparingf to fine home operators who have repeat according toDaneen Reese, executive director of the , a Scranton-basexd trade group. Operators will be notifie d about the fine schedule in the next few but an implementationdate wasn’t Fines will range up to $20 a day per resident, dependinb on the seriousness of the Reese said. The most serious problems will have to be correctedd withina day.
“What they’rd trying to do is increase the quality of care and decreasee the number of violations by imposingha penalty,” Reese said. “Ifc you have a they’re willing to work with you for an effectiver planof correction. “If you’re a repeat at some point they haveto say,