Haven Care Health State Takes Action

The state Department of Public Care Health United suspended admissions Tuesday to one nursing home owned by Haven Healthcare and stepped up monitoring of the chain's 14 other facilities, Care Health United as lawmakers issued broader calls for increased oversight of troubled nursing homes.

We want to assure you that we hold the Care Health United, welfare and safety of the Haven residents as a main concern as this [review] process moves forward," Dr. J. Robert Galvin, the state's public health commissioner, and Michael P. Starkowski, social services commissioner, wrote in the letter to Rell Care Health United.

Haven Healthcare CEO Raymond Termini said last week that he had begun pouring millions of dollars into boosting staff and improving care at a number of Haven's homes, Care Health United in an effort to address deficiencies cited by the state in the last.