2 adult foster homes in Horace shuttered after vulnerable residents left without caregiver

HORACE — Two adult foster care homes in Horace were shut down and their owner and operator's license was revoked by the state of North Dakota last week, after deputies determined that residents were left locked inside at least one of the facilities without any staff present, despite a 24/7 care requirement. Cass County sheriff's deputies responded to an Ebenezer Medical Care and Foster Home facility in the early morning hours of Oct. 27 after a resident called 911 to report he had fallen and injured his arm. The 66-year-old man told dispatchers he did not know the address where he was but that he was in a "treatment facility," court documents said, and dispatchers used a locating tool to determine the address he was calling from was 6706 71st Ave. S. in Horace. When a deputy arrived at 2:13 a.m., the Horace Fire Department was already on scene and reported they had been unable to make entry into the home to assist the injured man.

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