Delaware State Auditor Kathy McGuiness said that her office could not complete an examination of the Jeanne Jugan Residence nursing home because the facility did not keep proper documentation to support $4 million in costs. “Simply put, the Jeanne Jugan Residence was unauditable,” McGuiness said. “I certainly understand that all long-term care facilities were hit hard by the pandemic and needed to focus resources on caring for their residents, but auditors gave the administration at Jeanne Jugan a total of 18 months — nine months before the pandemic began and nine months after it began — to produce the necessary documentation.” Delaware Code requires the State Auditor’s Office to perform audits of long-term care facilities (LTCFs) each year for the state Department of Health & Social Services (DHSS). The state’s LTCFs are audited on a rotating basis, and the Jeanne Jugan Residence was among six facilities audited in fiscal year 2020–21 for its 2016 Medicaid Cost Report and Nursing Wage Survey.
The Jeanne Jugan Residence examination can be located on the Auditor’s Office website here.
