NEED ALF/Skilled Nursing facilities taking registrants in Florida.
All, we have an URGENT need to identify assisted living facilities or skilled nursing facilities in Florida that take persons required to register.
In Florida, people remain on the registry for life. That means that they don’t come off when they get sick or elderly. As the population ages, this will become a bigger problem and as each of us (or our loved ones on the registry) get older, this will become an inevitable problem for all of us.
What’s happening is people who are no longer able to care for themselves because of age, physical or mental disabilities, suffer a crisis, are sent to a hospital and then when their stay there expires, they are literally discarded because they require a nursing care facility, but none will take them because of residency restrictions or they simply don’t want the stigma.
We have only been able to identify a few ALF/Nursing Facilities in Florida that will take registrants, but they are capped as to how many they can accept and none are currently accepting. We have also explored the possibility of helping to facilitate opening a facility for this specific purpose, but the concern is that once a compliant location is identified, the municipality will stick a school bus stop “too close” to it in an effort to close it off.
IF ANYONE is aware of any ALF/Skilled Nursing Facility that will accept a person on the registry, PLEASE contact [email protected].
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My father, a 73 year old man who can barely walk to the door with out catching his breath is out on probation and REALLY need skilled help. I am incapable of taking care of him. I can’t even find a place for him to live. He needs help and no nursing home will take him. That is totally messed up. There needs to be a place where the elderly that are on the sex offender list can go to and get the care that they need.
Jennifer, we are about to launch a Call to Action to address this very issue with our 160 Florida legislators. It would be really good if you could share your story with our legislators. I have already shared mine as no one would take my family member either.
Keep watching this site for the Call to Action so that you can help in this endeavor of getting help for our population.
Hopefully we have your email address so that you can also receive an email when the Call to Action goes out. If you have not given FAC your email address (if you have one), I would urge you to contact [email protected] to be included in our mass emails that we send out.
I am just now seeing this thread- I am also looking for a facility that will accept a registered offender. I work in SNF as a SSD and I am struggling even with ALL the network connections s I have. I understand the SNF’s concerns as well- I have seen some very horrible actions from people in these places- so it’s a very valid concern for the facilities as well.
Stephanie, please see the reply that I sent to Jennifer. We need your story sent to our legislators, too. Most of them have no idea how bad things are getting. We are now in a crisis state when it comes to finding long-term health care facilities for our people.
I find it interesting the number of Admissions Directors of SNFs that are under the impression that it is “illegal” to take Sexual Offenders in the entire state of FL. I do realize that certain counties have passed this type of ordinance, but it seems to me that there could be some better communication to the public about this particular topic. The guidance from AHCA is not very clear, and the one pdf file I found related to this topic is dated 2010, so I was concerned about its relevance in 2022. We are trying to place 2 gentleman on the offenders list in long term care but have not had much luck.
Wendy
When my Grandmother who had alzheimer’s disease at the time, was trying to be placed in assisted living or a nursing home, my Mother had a hard time finding anyone to take her. A lot of these place prefer the “Perfect” resident that is healthy, sane and wealthy.
Even those with a non sex offense criminal record I heard have a hard time getting accepted into some facilities. I believe all of them now do background checks. If I had the money, I guess I could open one for only people with a past sex offense, but then someone would say that is discrimination. Wait, what? So they won’t let us in but we have to let others in if we had our own?
Love how the courts play chess with our lives. Justices are human just like us and put their pants on the same way as us. I do think some of think they are the King or Queen of England with their power to send someone off for a life sentence without blinking an eye.
I really need to find a nursing home for my elderly brother as soon as possible. He is 74 years old and also deaf (by birth). He is in very bad health and needs 24/7 care at a nursing facility.
Has anyone identified a nursing home in the State of Florida or any other state that will accept him with his past?
FAC should Debbie get in touch with Barb?
Debbie, please call our phone number and leave a voicemail for “outreach” or send an email to info@… and ask to be referred to outreach.
I just saw your reply. I will be reaching out to you shortly.
Thank you,
Debbie
Debbie G
I will keep your Brother in my prayers. When the Devil says no, God says YES.
“I know all the things you do, and I have opened a door for you that no one can close.”
Revelation 3:8
Hi CherokeeJack,
I just saw your reply. Thank you for the prayers. We really appreciate it. We know that God has the answers and trust in Him to provide the best place for my brother and all others that have this need.
Debbie
I am in the same boat trying to find a place for my brother. If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know. I live out of state and it is difficult to manage this process from so far away without being familiar with any of the places. Any help would be appreciated.
Gretchen, call FAC’s phone number and leave a voicemail for “outreach” or send an email to info@… and ask to be referred to outreach.
Crime-free for 30 years, this registrant was CAUGHT LIVING IN HOUSING:
https://www.smdailyjournal.com/news/local/second-sex-offender-found-in-san-mateo-county-owned-senior-housing/article_9f4a299a-1a86-11ec-8bae-4345dbee7a8b.html
I want to move to Panama City Beach but cannot because my husband. had a sex offense from 1985 and was given probation. Stupidly when sex offense law was passed and he asked if he had to register. No one else did. Now he is on the list. They would have known if he had kept his mouth shut. No record. We have had nothing but trouble since. . He is 80 and needs to go to nursing home. We want to come to Florida because no family in MS. Son lives in Florida. No nursing home will take us.
Contact Barb Spragg of Justice Transitions who may be able to locate nursing home info (if I’m right, thank you, Barb!!!)