WARNER ROBINS - A Warner Robins nursing home that was ordered to pay a $5,000-per-day fine after an Alzheimer's patient wandered away from the facility and was struck and killed by a sports utility van has had the fine reduced. <br>
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Warner Robins Rehabilitation and Nursing Center on Elberta Road will now pay only $100 a day in fines. The five-thousand-dollar fine was imposed by authorities one day after Anthony Weldon wandered away from the home for the 18th time on August 31. <br>
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State investigators recommended the fine be lowered after visiting the home last week, finding that changes had been made to ensure the health and safety of the residents. <br>
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The head of the state department that regulates nursing homes in Georgia, David Dunbar, said the lower fine was approved by the federal Centers for Medicare And Medicaid Services.
