State takes over elderly care facilities due to mismanagement and food scarcity

The state has taken over three homes for the elderly in Chittenden and Franklin counties after officials say the Texas-based owner failed to carry out basic business practices for months and in recent weeks failed to stock food.

The three residential care facilities, home to about 200 residents, form the Pillsbury Group Residential Care Homes and are owned by East Lake Capital Management, which is based in Dallas. Allenwood at Pillsbury and Pillsbury Manor South are located in South Burlington and Homestead at Pillsbury in St. Albans.

The Vermont Attorney General’s Office and the Vermont Department of Disabilities, Aging and Independent Living announced Friday that they had obtained a court order putting a receiver in charge of managing the facilities after receiving complaints from staff, residents and their family members about inadequate staffing levels, the company not cashing checks, and food scarcity.

DAIL, which regulates the state’s nursing homes, began receiving complaints about the company not cashing checks between two and three months ago, according to Clayton Clark, the director of the department’s division of licensing and protection.

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