Christmas decorations remain on the front windows of the Northview Village Nursing Home on Friday, Dec. 22, 2023. An employee told a photographer that since the nursing home closed it has been a target of vandals stealing copper pipes.
ST. LOUIS 鈥 The north 最新杏吧原创 nursing home that closed abruptly last weekend, setting off a chaotic relocation of residents and layoffs of workers without warning, had been in decline for several years.
Hinges are placed on the front doors of the Northview Village Nursing Home in an attempt to keep people out of the building on Friday, Dec. 22, 2023. An employee told a photographer that since the nursing home closed it has been a target of vandals stealing copper pipes.
A view into the ransacked lobby of the Northview Village Nursing Home on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023, in North 最新杏吧原创. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
“I got hired on the spot,” said Betty McCanery, who gets a congratulatory hug from former co-worker Marvetta Harrison, as she leaves a job fair put on by SLATE for displaced Northview Village Nursing Home workers on Friday, Dec. 22, 2023, at 1520 Market Street in 最新杏吧原创. McCanery had worked 30 years at Northview Village and said since losing her job she had been feeling depressed since she has bills to pay. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
Housekeeping worker Kuianna Gray and her husband Dave Gray, who worked in Dietary Services, stopped at the Home Sweet Home Supportive Living table at a job fair for displaced Northview Village Nursing Home workers on Friday, Dec. 22, 2023, at 1520 Market Street in 最新杏吧原创. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
Laurie Skrivan, Post-Dispatch
"I got hired on the spot," said Betty McCanery, who leaves a job fair put on by SLATE for displaced Northview Village Nursing Home workers on Friday, Dec. 22, 2023, at 1520 Market Street in 最新杏吧原创. McCanery had worked for 30 years at Northview Village and said since losing her job she has been feeling depressed since she has bills to pay.聽
"This fair has made it easier," said CMNT Marvetta Harrison, center, who talks SEIU union rep. Devora Harris, and CNA Myrtis Smith, at a job fair for displaced Northview Village Nursing Home workers on Friday, Dec. 22, 2023, at 1520 Market Street in 最新杏吧原创. Harrison had worked at Northview for 37 years and Smith for 20. Both ladies said they had gotten job prospects from the fair. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
Laurie Skrivan, Post-Dispatch
"This fair has made it easier," said CMNT Marvetta Harrison, center, who talks SEIU union rep. Devora Harris, and CNA Myrtis Smith, at a job fair for displaced Northview Village Nursing Home workers on Friday, Dec. 22, 2023, at 1520 Market Street in 最新杏吧原创. Harrison had worked at Northview for 37 years and Smith for 20. Both ladies said they had gotten job prospects from the fair. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
Workers, family members, and state and local politicians protested on Dec. 19, 2023 after Northview Village Nursing Home announced it would close Dec. 15, relocating residents and not giving workers their final paychecks. Video by Allie Schallert, aschallert@post-dispatch.com
Getting the home's longtime owners聽鈥斅燤ahklouf 鈥淢ark鈥 Suissa and Chicago nursing home magnate Eric "Ricky"聽Rothner聽鈥 to pay up will not be easy.
"I got hired on the spot," said Betty McCanery, who leaves a job fair put on by SLATE for displaced Northview Village Nursing Home workers on Friday, Dec. 22, 2023, at 1520 Market Street in 最新杏吧原创. McCanery had worked for 30 years at Northview Village and said since losing her job she has been feeling depressed since she has bills to pay.聽
Hinges are placed on the front doors of the Northview Village Nursing Home in an attempt to keep people out of the building on Friday, Dec. 22, 2023. An employee told a photographer that since the nursing home closed it has been a target of vandals stealing copper pipes.
Christmas decorations remain on the front windows of the Northview Village Nursing Home on Friday, Dec. 22, 2023. An employee told a photographer that since the nursing home closed it has been a target of vandals stealing copper pipes.
A view into the ransacked lobby of the Northview Village Nursing Home on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023, in North 最新杏吧原创. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
“I got hired on the spot,” said Betty McCanery, who gets a congratulatory hug from former co-worker Marvetta Harrison, as she leaves a job fair put on by SLATE for displaced Northview Village Nursing Home workers on Friday, Dec. 22, 2023, at 1520 Market Street in 最新杏吧原创. McCanery had worked 30 years at Northview Village and said since losing her job she had been feeling depressed since she has bills to pay. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
Housekeeping worker Kuianna Gray and her husband Dave Gray, who worked in Dietary Services, stopped at the Home Sweet Home Supportive Living table at a job fair for displaced Northview Village Nursing Home workers on Friday, Dec. 22, 2023, at 1520 Market Street in 最新杏吧原创. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
"This fair has made it easier," said CMNT Marvetta Harrison, center, who talks SEIU union rep. Devora Harris, and CNA Myrtis Smith, at a job fair for displaced Northview Village Nursing Home workers on Friday, Dec. 22, 2023, at 1520 Market Street in 最新杏吧原创. Harrison had worked at Northview for 37 years and Smith for 20. Both ladies said they had gotten job prospects from the fair. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
"This fair has made it easier," said CMNT Marvetta Harrison, center, who talks SEIU union rep. Devora Harris, and CNA Myrtis Smith, at a job fair for displaced Northview Village Nursing Home workers on Friday, Dec. 22, 2023, at 1520 Market Street in 最新杏吧原创. Harrison had worked at Northview for 37 years and Smith for 20. Both ladies said they had gotten job prospects from the fair. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
