Hills & Heights
A sobering look at Jones & Jones Assisted Living on Forest Hill Avenue
The license for Jones & Jones Assisted Living has been revoked after at least two deaths and several violations but an appeal is slowly working it’s way through the system.
The Virginia Mercury (an independent, non-profit news source that recently started up) has an in-depth look at the appalling mess that allows a local assisted-living facility to remain open despite deaths and dozens of violations.
DSS ordered Jones & Jones to “cease operation” because “dangerous conditions and practices exist at the facility such that further delay in closing the facility poses an imminent and substantial threat to the health, safety and welfare of the residents.”
But the notice also outlines the appeal process, which can take months.
State inspections paint a picture of a facility where residents often go without their medication, must share a common supply of clothes, are not given their appropriate monthly allowances designated by the state and sometimes go years without mental health treatment.
The primary focus of the article is the death of Kevin Hammock. Kevin Hammock died in the facility in July and the picture painted of the facility is quite grim.
