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Remarkable’ s ownership shakes things up at local nursing home

Seguin, TX, USA / Seguin Today


Remarkable' s ownership shakes things up at local nursing home

New owner helps to restore certainty

(Seguin) — A new company has taken over the reins of Remarkable Healthcare, located at 1339 Eastwood Drive across from Wal-Mart.

Riverbend Nursing and Rehabilitation Center acquired the local facility, basically overnight, after the former owners—according to some employees—failed to financially manage the company.

The civil matter, which reportedly last week also involved the Seguin Police Department, has since been tangled in legal matters –

legal matters that for the last few days have helped to create disgruntled employees who have also not yet been paid by Remarkable.

According to employees, their paychecks should have been received on Friday. During this quick rollover in ownership, Riverbend appears to be providing hope and promise to the current facility and its employees.

When contacted by Seguin Radio KWED, Riverbend’s Chris Martin confirmed that on Monday afternoon employees had been told that they were going to be paid. He stated, “they are going to be taken care of, and the employees are not going to go without.”

Due to the legal issues surrounding the acquisition and pending litigation against Remarkable, the exact details as to when those paychecks will arrive in employees’ hands could not fully be disclosed; although some employees were told they would arrive this Wednesday, if not sooner.

Also because of legal proceedings, Riverbend was unable to say exactly who would be covering the payroll as it was initially Remarkable’s responsibility.

Despite the wranglings between the companies, Martin says Riverbend is committed to taking care of its new employees and hopes this latest news relieves any anxiety or fear that they may have. As for the services being provided at the facility, Martin reassures families that there is no issue with compliance or care.

“Residents have not expressed any concerns with care. We have physicians there taking care of them. We have hired on more staff than what was there before. We brought the facility into compliance, and we are happy to be there,” said Martin.

Prior to this latest shakeup, employees say they had been seeing periodic signs of a financial crisis after some folks were told to “wait to cash their checks.”

According to reports, Seguin was the last operation in what was a string of other small, troubled facilities under the ownership of Remarkable Healthcare, a company owned and operated by Laurie Beth and Jon McPike of Southlake.

The company last spring was reportedly forced to relinquish its other Texas properties after filing for bankruptcy.