Report: Staff at veterans nursing home feels terrorized by administrator

Report: Staff at veterans nursing home feels terrorized by administrator
ANTHONY COLAROSSI

Sentinel staff report

2:57 p.m. EDT, August 28, 2009
DAYTONA BEACH - A State Department of Children and Families Inspector General's Investigation found that many staffers at a Daytona Beach Veteran's Nursing Home found the workplace environment to be problematic.

The probe found that 35 of 57 staff members had particular concerns about the administrator at the Emory L. Bennett Memorial State Veteran's Nursing Home. The administrator, Belkis Pineyro-Wiggins, was described by those 35 employees as "terrorizing" or "belittling" and "degrading" or "threatening," according to the 13-page Management Review completed earlier this month.

Pineyro-Wiggins could not be immediately reached for comment this afternoon.

In a comments section at the end of the report, the Inspector General's Office recommended that the Florida Department of Veterans' Affairs review specific portions ot the document and determine appropriate actions.
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Staff at veterans nursing home feels terrorized by administrator