TROY, N.Y. – Former New York nursing home employee describes alleged unsafe practicesFrom insect infestations in patients' rooms to holes in the ceiling, former nursing director Cheri Reppenhagen said she complained to her bosses about those problems and more at the Troy Center because she wanted things to improve at the upstate nursing home.'I valued the work I did. I lived and breathed my job,' she told CBS New York investigative reporter Tim McNicholas.
See more CBS New York InvestigationsFormer Troy Center employee says she was fired over complaintsThe Bronx-based Centers Health Care company oversees the Troy Center upstate and dozens of other nursing homes across New York and New Jersey.Reppenhagen filed a lawsuit against the company in July, claiming she was fired in January because of her complaints.