Careage of Whidbey resumes taking residents

Published 1:30 pm Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Careage of Whidbey, a skilled-nursing facility in Coupeville, has reopened to new patients, the facility’s owner said.

It was closed to new patients since Dec. 17 after a routine annual inspection by the federal Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services found as many as 40 so-called deficiencies in Careage’s procedures or building.

None of the deficiencies posed a threat to patient health or safety.

The facility remedied all the problems, said Sean O’Neill, administrator, last week.