A Nebraska nursing home said it is moving forward after its former business manager was sentenced to serve 30 days in jail for using the facility’s credit card.
Kimberly Oberg, 51, of Trenton, NE, admitted to putting more than $12,000 on the credit card. She pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of unlawful use of a financial transaction device. She was recently sentenced to serve 30 days in jail on weekends only and given two years of probation, the McCook Gazette reported.
Oberg was ordered to pay a total of $12,292.76 in restitution, which is being split between El Dorado Manor Nursing Home in Trenton, Neb., and Capital One Bank ($5,516.27).
Oberg resigned from the nursing in October 2017, according to current El Dorado Manor Nursing Home Administrator Mandy Broussard.
Broussard, who began working for the nursing home in January 2018, told McKnight’s the misused credit card wasn’t the only incident that has led to the facility’s “financial demise.” Other contributing factors were the mismanagement of funds, including unpaid payroll taxes, by the previous administrator.
But Broussard said the nursing home has received “great support” from its board of directors and the Trenton Village Board to pay those unpaid payroll taxes.
“In the meantime at the facility level, we are doing our due diligence to follow a budget, watch our overtime (and) things like that,” Broussard told McKnight’s.
“We are not closing. We’re still welcoming residents while managing our spending in order to come out on top,” she said. “We all know it will take some time, but hoping the negative publicity does not deter folks from seeking our services.”
