As a 3 year and recently resigned employee, I have a unique perspective to offer.
The nursing staff, and actual people that provide the daily care for and make a difference in the lives of the residents at Caton, are without a doubt, the very best!
Administration and management, not so much. The building is in terrible disrepair and the so called "Manager of Plant and Physical Safety," has held this position for so long and without question, that he no longer even pretends to attend to needed repairs or to the requests of residents in need of service. It does no good to complain or report his laziness, as he is one of two managers here at Caton, and lives with the other. Both are long time friends, 30 plus years, of the administrator...a monopoly, so to speak.
As a recent and long term employee, there is no one an employee can go to for fair and unbiased help. Example: Several months ago, an employee reported harassment by the "Manager of Plant and Physical Safety," to the administrator...and that was the end of that. Though it was stated this report would be investigated, it was not. I was the Charge Nurse just above this employee and had first hand knowledge of this situation. The "Manager of Physical Plant and Safety," actually attempted to involve me in his harassment of this employee and I refused.
Since her report of the harassment, it was obvious she was no longer welcome at Caton and she was eventually bullied into resigning, as was I for reporting the same manager to the City of Manassas for building code violations.
Administrator announced our census and staffing is at an UNPRECEDENTED LOW...staffing is critically, dangerously low. In a years time, we have lost 10 plus employees. Many long time employees and some new hires came for just weeks and left with no explanation...
The facility has been so poorly run since the current administrator has held the position by default, Caton was sold last year by Novant Health to UVA Health, effective January 1, 2022 and 3 weeks ago, UVA Health announced, it too is shopping around for alternatives... read more