Call to Dig
Anons, something has been gnawing at the back of my mind lately. It seemed strange to me about how older people are at risk for the virus. Combine that with the outbreak in Washington state at that Life Care Center of Kirkland, so I did a little digging. My sense is there is something spoopy going on at least there and maybe other places. Here is what I came up with intitally.
Life Care Centers of America
Life Care Centers of America is the largest privately held long-term elderly care company in the US, with facilities across 28 states, and the third largest in the US. It is headquartered in Cleveland, Tennessee.
It was founded by Forrest Preston in 1970, and he remains the sole owner, chairman and CEO.[1]
As of 2015, Life Care Centers has been the subject of a seven-year probe and federal lawsuit alleging Medicare fraud.[1]
As of 2015, the company employs 42,000 people.[1]
Since 1995, the company's headquarters have been located at the Campbell Center at 3001 Keith Street NW in Cleveland in the location of a former shopping mall.[2]
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_Care_Centers_of_America
Forrest Preston
Forrest Lee Preston (born March 22, 1933) is an American billionaire businessman from Massachusetts. He is the founder, owner, chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Life Care Centers of America, a long-term elderly care company he founded in 1970.
Preston moved to Cleveland, Tennessee in the late 1950s a few years after his brother Winton Russell Preston, who had come to study at Southern Missionary College in nearby Collegedale.[5][7]
Together with his brother Winton, he co-founded a company called Hospital Publications to create patient booklets and public relations materials for hospitals, and the company operated until 1972.[5] The idea had come from his work in hospitals, where he concluded that there was a need for better public relations in the healthcare system. Through this business, he observed the conditions of elderly patients in hospitals, and concluded that there was a need for better long term care.[7]
In 1970, Preston founded Life Care Centers of America in Cleveland, and is the sole owner, chairman and CEO.[8] It later grew to be the largest privately owned long term care facility chain and the third largest privately owned long-term care facility in the United States.[3]
As of September 2015, he had a net worth of US$2.1 billion.[2]
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forrest_Preston
What's up with these Life Care Centers? Are they up to something? They have been subject to a seven year probe and federal lawsuit involving medicare fraud. What else might they be up to?