State continues investigation of nursing home; Quality-of-care complaints fixed, Cobleskill facility says

Wednesday, April 12th, 2006.

Cobleskill, NY – The state Department of Health continues to investigate a 125-bed nursing home in Schoharie County. Department spokesman Joe DiMura said the department is looking into several patient-care issues at the Eden Park Health Care Center in Cobleskill.

“We are investigating some patient complaints,” DiMura said Tuesday. “We’re closely monitoring the facility to ensure patients receive appropriate care.”

Eden Park Health Care Center received a letter from the Department of Health in early March saying it was in “immediate jeopardy” based on a Medicare and Medicaid survey of the home. Those deficiencies have since been corrected, DiMura said.

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