If the Rhode Island Department of Health is ok with intractable bedbugs, what else is considered ok at the nursing homes?

Dept. of Health pushes back against bedbug reporting at Long Term Care Coordinating Council meeting –  “It is correct that they do have them …they have had them for the approximately five years that I’ve been here,” said Autumn Bishop from DOH. “We looked at this [issue] … 29 times.” STEVE AHLQUIST APR 30, 2024In the last five years, Summer Villa Assisted Living has been the subject of 29 Rhode Island Department of Health reports that noted the presence of bedbugs. “It is correct that they do have them,” said Autumn Bishop from the Center of Health Facility Regulations, which falls under the Rhode Island Department of Health (DOH). “They have had them for the approximately five years that I’ve worked here. They’ve always had them.”