Owners of San Antonio nursing home settle lawsuits over COVID-19 deaths

, which represented the plaintiffs, confirmed the cases were resolved and dismissed by agreement.

out of five stars from CMS, considered “much below average.” The rating is based on health inspections, staffing and quality measures. Citations have been a long-running issue for Southeast Nursing. In October 2019, about six months before the coronavirus outbreak, the facility was cited for failing “to provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.” The CMS website shows that problem was corrected within about a month.

“Defendants did not wash their hands, did not screen staff entering the facility, did not check for fever of staff, and did not maintain an infection prevention and control program to prevent the spread of COVID-19,” the complaint stated. “Further, the Defendants failed to put into place proper policies to ensure that the residents were provided standard infection prevention care.”

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