The Michigan Department of Human Services (DHS), Office of Children and Adult Licensing issued an emergency order revoking the license of Wayne County licensee Park Plaza Assisted Living, Inc., Marsha McBain, Administrator, 2560 Second Avenue, Detroit, Michigan. This action resulted from recent investigations of complaints of the home for the aged.

The August 16 and August 17, 2007, complaint investigations found violations of the Public Health Code and/or home for the aged promulgated rules requiring "emergency action" under the Michigan Administrative Procedures Act, MCL 24.292(2).

Effective August 23, 2007, the Emergency Order requires all residents of the facility to be relocated to other appropriate care settings as soon as this can be done consistent with the safety and care needs of the residents. Park Plaza Assisted Living, Inc. may not accept adults for care after that date. Park Plaza Assisted Living, Inc. is further required to properly care for its residents until they have been properly relocated at which time Park Plaza Assisted Living, Inc. is to cease operating the home for the aged at 2560 Second Avenue, Detroit, Michigan.

Park Plaza Assisted Living, Inc. has held a license to operate a home for the aged since December 15, 2003, with a current licensed capacity of 116 adults.

Michigan law defines a home for the aged as "a supervised personal care facility, other than a hotel, adult foster care facility, hospital, nursing home, or county medical care facility that provides room, board, and supervised personal care to 21 or more unrelated, nontransient, individuals 60 years of age or order. Home for the aged includes a supervised personal care facility for 20 or fewer individuals 60 years of age or older if the facility is operated in conjunction with and as a distinct part of a licensed nursing home."