Maltreatment complaints surge for Minnesota nursing facilities

The room Jerry Pollard recently moved to in the Wesley Residence is cluttered with boxes, bodybuilding equipment and miscellaneous stuff. There’s just enough room for the 70-year-old to perform his daily exercises.

Asked if he’s happy with the move to the assisted living facility in West Duluth, Pollard quickly answers: “So far — I’m not happy with some of the things that happened during the move.”

Pollard, a Vietnam War veteran and self-described community activist, has done some moving this year. He started the year in Bayshore Residence on Park Point, later moving to Superior View in Hermantown. His move to Wesley Residence was forced when Rob Gannucci, Superior View’s owner, chose to close the facility after the Minnesota Department of Health slapped him with a license suspension.

That means, based on state documents, that Pollard lived within the past year in two of the region’s more-troubled facilities:

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