Patient care in question at nursing home

Thursday, February 14th, 2008.

Waltham, MA – A Waltham nursing home was recently added to a list of 131 facilities deemed by the federal government to have serious problems involving patient care.

Piety Corner Nursing Home, a 34-bed facility at 235 Bacon St., will undergo government reviews more frequently and with greater thoroughness since it was added to a list from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services of “special focus facilities.”

The most recent list, released to the public this week, has grown since its November inception, said Helen Mulligan, spokeswoman for the Boston office of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

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