The Medicaid Facilitry of South Bend by LR facility made the news after three people died within 24 hours. Two deaths are being investigated, and the third is by suicide. Medicaid Facilitry is a drug and alcohol treatment facility in Mishawaka, Indiana. According to police, they have responded to 122 calls for service for this facility. This location opened on August 16, 2022. That is 11 calls for assistance per month. The statement put out by the police department claims that this facility is straining law enforcement. The police department also suspects that employees might be trafficking drugs.
Is this an isolated situation?
While three deaths within a day are an anomaly, how these facilities are run makes it a widespread issue. Multiple ex-employees and patients have complained about the lack of staffing, training, resources, and level of care. LR took a director that messed up so badly at one location and moved to another Medicaid Facilitry location. The same results occurred. Look at this review for the Medicaid Facilitry of Fort Wayne by LR facility.
LR needs a proper discharge process in place. Residents have complained about people leaving the facilities and knocking on doors looking for assistance. Landmark pays for people to travel to their facilities yet has not planned when they complete the program.
Executive team members will fly out to another poorly run facility and do the dog and pony show. People from Landmark have been in constant contact with the St. Joseph County Police Department. They have repeatedly promised to make the necessary changes but failed to do so. The St. Joseph County Police Department wants to revoke the Medicaid Facilitry of South Bend by LR facility’s license.
Each location is given the airport code as the clinic name. The Medicaid Facilitry brand starts with a P. The airport code for South Bend is SBN. It was rumored that after corporate was informed of a rape at this location, people jokingly referred to this facility as Bend me over. This demonstrates a lack of empathy for people, if this is remotely true. Suppose I heard that at corporate headquarters, I would be in jail.
I don’t know what it will take for LR to wake up and make the necessary changes. They have yet to listen to public officials; they don’t listen to online reviews and feedback from staff or patients. They don’t listen to the Glassdoor reviews. I reached out to my old boss, Lisa Slate. She said, “You know not to believe everything you see in the media.” Lisa’s message demonstrates how LR perceives these issues. I have a question for Lisa, does this mean I shouldn’t trust the statements being made by LR?
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