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Lawmakers on a pair of Michigan House committees looking in to a scathing audit of a veteran’s home in Grand Rapids want Michigan’s attorney general to investigate the facility.
An oversight committee and veteran’s affairs committee held their second joint hearing on the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans Thursday.
More hearings are planned, including one at the home to hear directly from the people living there.
An audit, released a few weeks ago, found employees lied about checking on patients who may have fallen – and supervisors signed off on the pretend checks – and higher ups didn’t properly investigate allegations of abuse and neglect.
The audit may spur policy changes such as more state oversight of the home and putting a full-time ombudsman in place to handle complaints from residents.
