Havenwood nursing home to close

Friday, July 8th, 2005.

Milwaukee, WI – The Wisconsin Department of Health & Family Services said Friday plans to close Havenwood Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Milwaukee by this fall.

The move comes after the agency assumed operation of the center under a May 13 court order. The state agency took control of Havenwood, 3333 W. Highland Blvd., under a receivership after a state and federal investigation found “dire conditions” at the center.

Allegations of widespread neglect and abuse, along with possible Medicaid fraud and complaints by employees about paychecks bouncing, brought a group of state and federal authorities together in a criminal investigation of Havenwood, DHFS said in May.

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