No prison for nursing home owner who botched Hurricane Ida evacuation, leading to 7 resident deaths

No prison for nursing home owner who botched Hurricane Ida evacuation, leading to 7 resident deaths
McKnight's Long-Term Care News; by Josh Henreckson;7/23/24
Bob Dean has been sentenced to three years of probation and must pay more than $1.3 million in restitution and penalties for his role in the disastrous emergency evacuation of nearly 850 residents from his seven Louisiana nursing homes during Hurricane Ida. The 2021 emergency evacuation to a warehouse Dean owned near New Orleans left the residents of his nursing homes in a state of overcrowding and neglect. Seven died within days of the storm — with hundreds more rescued by state officials. Dean pleaded no contest to 15 state criminal charges, including multiple counts each of cruelty to the infirmed, obstruction of justice and Medicaid fraud.