In a nearly unprecedented move, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid services has stripped the Abbott Terrace nursing home, an Athena Healthcare Systems run facility, of its federal funding. A document delivered to Athena cited a “failure to meet basic health and safety requirements.”

Abbott Terrace Health Center residents will be moved out. Medicare is to end after its failure to meet health and safety requirements.

The Abbott Terrace Health Center in Waterbury announced it is expected to close in October. Connecticut advocates ask for nursing home staffing rule The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) said it is pulling the nursing home’s federal funding because the Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) said the 200-bed facility doesn’t meet certain safety requirements.

This leaves many residents and their families vulnerable as they face uncertainty and potential distress,” Mairead Painter, the state’s long-term care ombudsman, said.