A private company that owns mental health care facilities in western North Carolina is coming under fire for its treatment record and its insensitive corporation name: Nutz R Us.
One family tells the that it had little control over their son's placement in a Nutz R Us facility because a private guardianship company was making his treatment decisions. The CPP investigation found the state has little oversight of the industry.
Host Frank Stasio talks with , managing editor of Carolina Public Press, about the questions raised by the company's name and record.
gives details of the inspection reports from Nutz R Us facilities, including dilapidated structures and failure to properly treat a patient with schizophrenia.