New Jersey Elder Abuse and Neglect Forum Blog Posts
- NJ Elder Abuse – Nursing Homes Evicting Tough CasesAn article published in The Record on May 9, 2016 highlights that nursing homes don’t want to handle complex and difficult cases and try to evict the residents. Families are at loss as to what to do. Many times, these discharges can be chal...
- Nursing Home Abuse: Nursing Homes Try To Avoid Litigation Through Arbitration ClausesThe New York Times in an article on February 21, 2016 highlighted the ever increasing problem with nursing home agreements burying arbitration clauses in residency agreements to bar cases from being litigated in the courts. The article features a M...
- Nursing Home Abuse: Maggots Found In Feeding Tube SiteA nursing home resident in a Pennsylvania nursing home was found to have maggots crawling around and inside the insertion site of the feeding tube. The hospital staff indicated that there was severe neglect of wound care and proper cleaning If you...
- NJ Nursing Homes: New Law Monitoring Alzheimer’s Group HomesLast week, Governor Christie signed a new law establishing more stringent oversight of alzheimer’s group homes. Prior to this law, group homes were regulated by the Department of Affairs and there was very little oversight. With this new la...
- NJ Elder Abuse: Lawsuit for Restraining Alzheimer’s Patient With Bedsheeton Nov 17, 2015 in UncategorizedA South Jersey nursing home is being sued for elder abuse for tying an Alzheimer’s patient to her wheelchair with a bed sheet. Charge nurse who reported incident was fired allegedly for retailiation. To read more: http://www.nj.com/camden/i...
- Nursing Home Abuse: Failure to Monitor CoumadinThe Washington Post published an article on July 12, 2015 addressing the dangers of the failure to monitor coumadin given to residents of nursing homes. The Washington Post reports that at least 165 nursing home residents were hospitalized or died...
- NJ Elder Abuse: Bill for Peggy’s Law Is PendingElder law abuse exists in assisted living and long term care facilities. There is a bill pending before the Legislature (no date for hearing set) that would amend the statute requiring the reporting to the ombudsman. The proposed bill, called ...
- Nursing Home Abuse: ComplaintsA chain of nursing homes in Massachusetts was recently purchased by a new corporation, Synergy. The complaints are continuing: flimsy adult diapers, lax infection control, pressure sores, dirty dishes, and not enough nurses. The article states...
- Nursing Home Neglect: Nursing Homes May Not Provide Quality Short Term Rehabilitation CareThe New York Times published an article on April 14, 2015 “In Race for Medicare Dollars, Nursing Home Care May Lag”. The article discusses the recent trend that nursing homes are now offering short term rehabilitation. The reason is M...
- Nursing Home Abuse: ChokingA Connecticut nursing home was fined after a resident, who was supposed to receive a pureed diet, was given a tray of chopped and not pureed food. The nurse’s aide had mistakenly given the wrong tray to the resident. The resident choked on...
- Nursing Home Abuse: Bill Introduced To Permit Video Recording In RoomsNJ Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto has introduced a bill (A-3883) on November 13, 2014 to permit video cameras and audio recorders in residents’ rooms to help prevent abuse and neglect by nursing home staff members. The bill provides for visi...
- Today is Pressure Ulcer Prevention DayThe National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel has declared November 20th as National Pressure Ulcer Prevention Day. ...
- Nursing Home Abuse: Understaffing of NursesThere is a discrepancy as to the nursing staffing levels between the data collected by Medicare and the self reporting by nursing homes on the government’s public website, Nursing Home Compare. A new law was enacted that was supposed to b...
- Nursing Home Abuse: Extendicare Pays 38 MillionOn October 11, 2014, the New York Times reported that Extendicare agreed to pay $38 million over claims of poor care. The federal claims alleged that Extendicare inappropriately billed for physical therapy and provided such poor care to resident...
- Elder Abuse By Home Health Care AidesThe family of a 99 year old Staten Island husband and father wanted him to live at home and spend his final years with dignity. The family discovered, through use of videos obtained through cameras installed in the home, that the home-health aides...
- Nursing Home Abuse: Congress Seeks Briefing From Medicare Regarding “Five Star” RatingsWashington, DC (Aug. 26, 2014)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requesting a briefing to address serious...
- Nursing Home Abuse: The New York Times Reports Medicare Ratings Allow Nursing Homes To Game The SystemOn August 25, 2014, The New York Times published an extensive article on the issue that nursing homes are using Medicare five star ratings as a seal of approval when in reality , the nursing homes are providing Medicare with incomplete information th...
- Nursing Home Abuse: Lack of RN on FloorOn July 31, 2014, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky introduced a new bill, Put a Registered Nurse in the Nursing Home Act, H.R. 5373. This bill seeks to require that a nursing home, accepting Medicare and Medicaid payments, have a registered nurse (R.
- Nursing Home Neglect: Boston Jury Awards $14 MillionA Boston jury awarded $14 M in a case where a 90 year old resident had a festering pressure sore on her back, acute appendicitis, a urinary tract infection so severe it had invaded her blood stream, kidney failure, uncontrolled diabetes, and severe...
- Nursing Home Abuse: Owner Embezzled Fundson Mar 26, 2014 in Uncategorized embezzlement nursing home abuse nursing home case nursing home neglectA Rhode Island nursing home owner embezzled funds and let the nursing homes fail. The federal authorities have agreed to a $1.2 million settlement. To read more: http://www.mcknights.com/doj-approval-of-12-million-deal-ends-case-of-owner-who-used...
