(914) 220-1086A new study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine finds that the springtime transition to Daylight Savings Time may result in an increase in medical errors made by healthcare orders. The study was published in August 2020 by a group of authors including Branu Prakash Kolla of the Department of Psychiatry and Psychology at the Mayo Clinic; […]
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Troy Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation: 41 Citations, $34,000 in Fines
Troy Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation has received 41 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on August 5, 2020. The facility also received fines totaling $34,000 in connection to findings that it violated health code provisions regarding quality of care, […]
New York Nursing Home Newark Manor Nursing Home Cited for Pressure Ulcers, Infection
Newark Manor Nursing Home has received 21 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on July 31, 2020. The Newark nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of three surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the following: 1. The […]
Sodus Rehabilitation & Nursing Center Cited for Infection
Sodus Rehabilitation & Nursing Center has received 95 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on July 31, 2020. The facility also received a 2019 fine of $10,000 in connection to findings it violated unspecified health code provisions. The Sodus nursing […]
Do Car Insurance Companies “Subsidize” Traffic Accidents?
A new national study by Insurify reveals a surprising trend in car insurance pricing: larger, deadlier vehicles like SUVs, pickups, and minivans often cost less to insure than smaller, safer cars. The analysis, highlighted by StreetsBlog, suggests that insurance companies may be unintentionally rewarding riskier vehicles, a finding that raises questions about fairness, safety, and […]
Diamond Hill Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Cited for Exploitation
Diamond Hill Nursing and Rehabilitation Center has received 55 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on July 31, 2020. The facility has also received four fines totaling $22,000 over findings that it violated health code provisions regarding quality of care, […]
Rosewood Rehabilitation and Nursing Center: Infection, Accident Citations
Rosewood Rehabilitation and Nursing Center has received 77 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on July 31, 2020. The facility has also received seven fines totaling $48,000 over findings that it violated health code provisions regarding staff mistreatment of residents, […]
Carmel Richmond Healthcare: 58 Covid-19 Deaths, Infection Citation
Carmel Richmond Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center has suffered 58 fatalities due to Covid-19, according to state health records released on July 30, 2020. The nursing home has also received 7 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on July 31, 2020. […]
Eger Health Care and Rehabilitation Center Cited for Infection
Eger Health Care and Rehabilitation Center received 16 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on July 31, 2020. The facility also received a 2016 fine of $2,000 in connection to findings in a 2011 survey that it violated health code […]
New Vanderbilt Rehabilitation and Care Center: Accident, Medication Citations
New Vanderbilt Rehabilitation and Care Center received 19 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on July 22, 2020. The Staten Island nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of two surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the following: […]
Richmond Center for Rehabilitation and Specialty Healthcare: Infection, Accident Citations
Richmond Center for Rehabilitation and Specialty Healthcare received 19 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on July 22, 2020. It has also received four enforcement actions resulting in cumulative fines of $42,000, connected to findings that it violated health code […]
Sea View Hospital, Rehabilitation Center and Home: Infection, Food Safety Citations
Sea View Hospital, Rehabilitation Center and Home received 26 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on July 22, 2020. The Staten Island nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of four surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the […]
Silver Lake Specialized Rehabilitation and Care Center: Multiple Infection Citations
Silver Lake Specialized Rehabilitation and Care Center received 66 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on July 22, 2020. The Staten Island nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of seven surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the […]
Verrazano Nursing Home Cited for Infection Deficiencies
Verrazano Nursing Home received 14 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on July 22, 2020. The Staten Island nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of four surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the following: 1. The nursing […]
Cortlandt Healthcare: Infection Control Citation, Covid Spread
Cortlandt Healthcare suffered 12 fatalities from Covid-19 as of July 18, 2020, per state records. The nursing home also received 18 citations finding it violated public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to health records accessed on July 20, 2020, including one citation over its infection control practices. The Peekskill nursing home’s citations resulted […]
New York State Veterans Home at Montrose: Infection Citation, Covid Deaths
New York State Veterans Home at Montrose: Infection Citation, Covid Deaths New York State Veterans Home at Montrose suffered 13 fatalities from Covid-19 as of July 18, 2020, per state records. The nursing home also received 26 citations finding it violated public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to health records accessed on July […]
Long Island State Veterans Home: 66 Covid Fatalities, Citations
Long Island State Veterans Home suffered 66 fatalities from Covid-19 as of July 18, 2020, per state records. The nursing home also received 10 citations finding it violated public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to health records accessed on July 20, 2020. The Stonybrook nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of two […]
After Nursing Home Abuses Exposed on Hidden Cameras, States Move to Legalize “Granny Cams”
After a string of hidden cameras caught nursing home staff members neglecting and abusing their residents, several states are weighing the legality of allowing surveillance cameras in elder care facilities. The nationwide push for video cameras comes after several deeply disturbing incidents of elder abuse were caught on secret video cameras set up by families […]
Nursing Home Staffer Steals Thousands from Resident’s Trust Fund
State authorities fined a Connecticut nursing home for allegedly allowing their staffers to steal money from the residents. According to The Connecticut Post, the nursing home did not even report the thefts when they became aware of their staffer’s criminal conduct. The thefts are part of a broader elder abuse problem in the nursing home […]
Nursing Home Workers Prepare to Strike
Workers at twenty nursing homes across Connecticut are preparing to strike if their salary demands are not met. According to the Fox 61, caregivers represented by the New England Health Care Employees Union, District 1199 SEIU, plan to strike on June 3 if the state does not increase its wages. According to the local news […]
Oklahoma Cracks Down on Antipsychotics in Nursing Homes
Oklahoma’s new elder abuse law cracks down on the use by nursing homes of “chemical restraints” on their patients. According to America Nurse Today, chemical restraints are unnecessary medications used to “restrict a patient’s movement or behavior.” Importantly, these chemical restraints are not a part of a standard approved treatment. Most commonly, nursing homes use […]
Construction Site Safety Practices Evolve During Covid-19 Pandemic
How can construction sites maximize safety during the Covid-19 pandemic? A new column in the Philadelphia Business Journal offers lessons and best-practices from Philadelphia-area job ites. According to the column, that city’s chapter of the General Building Contractors Association started putting together safety protocols early in the pandemic, and took input from other industry stakeholders like the […]
How Does New York’s Car Inspection Suspension Affect Traffic Safety?
New York’s roads might get a little bit safer this week—if state authorities let them. An executive order issued by Governor Andrew Cuomo on March 27, suspending the requirement for annual vehicle inspections, is set to expire on October 4th. If he restores the order, New Yorkers can continue to put off their annual inspections, as hundreds […]
New York Nursing Home Spring Creek Rehabilitation & Nursing Care Center Cited for Neglect
Spring Creek Rehabilitation & Nursing Care Center received 33 citations for violations of public health laws between 2015 and 2019, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on November 21, 2019. Those citations number one more than the statewide average of 32. The Brooklyn nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of […]
Cuomo Limits New York Malpractice Immunity Law
Last month New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill placing restrictions on the medical malpractice immunity he granted New York hospitals and nursing home facilities at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a report by Newsday. The bill, signed in August, gave hospitals and nursing homes immunity in malpractice claims involving Covid-19, whereas a March executive […]
