The New York State Department of Health (DOH) issued a citation against the Baptist Health Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, a 262-bed facility in Scotia, New York, for failing to provide adequate and timely treatment for a resident’s broken ankle. Due to the facility’s negligence, the elderly woman’s right leg had to be amputated below the […]
Falls & Fractures
N.Y. Nursing Aide Pleads Guilty after Breaking 92-Year-Old Patient’s Leg
Rashawn Owens, a former certified nursing assistant (CNA) at the Daughter of Sarah Nursing Home, a 210-bed facility located in Albany, New York, pleaded guilty in November 2012 to breaking a 92-year-old patient’s leg in September 2010. The patient died as a result of his injury. Owens pleaded guilty to Endangering the Welfare of a […]
Long Island Nursing Home Resident Found Dead after Accidentally Strangling Himself to Death with Seatbelt
According to a New York State Department of Health citation report, staff members of the Suffolk County Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing center, a 10-bed nursing home located in Patchogue, Long Island failed to monitor a patient who was found dead in a bathroom with a seatbelt around his neck. The report indicated that the […]
Aide Faces Possible Prison Time after Being Charged with Injuring Quadriplegic Nursing Home Resident
Jolly Stewart, 55, a former certified nurse’s aide at the now-closed John J. Foley Skilled Nursing Facility in Suffolk County, New York, was arrested and charged in April 2014 for injuring a 57-year-old quadriplegic patient under her care. Appearing before a judge in Suffolk County District Court, Stewart, a Middle Island resident, was charged with […]
Nursing Aide Arrested for Incident that Resulted in Untreated Broken Leg of 95-Year-Old Patient
Aaliyah Weathers, 19, a certified nurse’s aide at the Heritage Health Care Center, an upstate New York nursing home, was arrested in March 2014 for an incident that resulted in the broken leg of a 95-year-old patient under her care. Weathers failed to report the incident, and the elderly resident suffered from an untreated broken […]
NY Nursing Home Attorney Report: Fall Are the Leading Cause of Injuries Among Elderly Adults in NYC
According to a January 2014 report released by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, one in three elderly adults, ages 65 or older, falls in the U.S. each year. In New York City, falls were the leading cause of injuries among the elderly. In 2011, 291 deaths and 17,452 hospitalizations of […]
Westchester Aide Faces 15 Years in Prison for Death of 86-Year-Old Disabled Nursing Home Patient
Fifty-four year old Maureen Flowers, a certified nurse aide at the Tarrytown Hall Care Center in Westchester, was arrested in July 2013 for allegedly causing the 2012 death of an 86-year-old disabled patient under her care. Flowers, charged with Manslaughter and Criminally Negligent Homicide, faces up to 15 years behind bars if convicted. On February […]
Charges in Westchester Nursing Home Case Upgraded to Manslaughter
In March, we wrote about the arrest of two Certified Nurse Aides from Tarrytown Hall Center after an incident in February 2012. Going against protocol, one of the aides, Maureen Flowers, attempted to lift the elderly resident from her wheelchair without the assistance of another staff member. Flowers dropped the resident, resulting in a fractured […]
Fall Results In Fractured Hip: Brooklyn Nursing Home Cited for Actual Harm to Patient
After a survey conducted in February, 2013 at Norwegian Christian Home and Health Center, a Brooklyn, NY nursing home, the Department of Health issued a report finding actual harm to a resident. Actual harm is the second most severe rating grade that the DOH issues in its citations, surpassed only by Immediate Jeopardy. The Department […]
Aides at Tarrytown Hall Care Center Arrested: Charged With Endangering the Welfare of a Vulnerable Elderly Person
In an October 24, 2012 press release, New York State Attorney General, Eric Schneiderman, announced the arrests of two Certified Nurse Aides (“C.N.A.) at Tarrytown Hall Care Center. The aides, Maureen Flowers and Donna Pagan, allegedly caused the death of an elderly resident by failing to provide an appropriate transfer and covering up the crime. […]
Schulman and Schachne Nursing Home Fined $12,000 by Department of Health
Brooklyn based nursing home Schulman and Schachne Institute for Nursing and Rehabilitation was fined $12,000 in late 2012 by the Department of Health. The fine stems from a certification survey taken in January, 2010 in which the nursing home received deficient ratings in four health related categories. In two areas documented in the survey, the […]
Nurse At Farmingdale Nursing Home Sentenced To Probation For Falsifying Chart After Fall
Registered Nurse, Kathleen Kennedy, an employee at Daleview Care Center in Farmingdale, New York was recently sentenced to five years probation after falsifying records in a resident’s nursing home chart. Nurse Kennedy reportedly failed to properly assess a resident (with a history of falls who had previously suffered a fractured hip) after a fall, failed […]
Bay Park Nursing Home In Bronx Fails To Prevent Accidents and Abuse
Bay Park Nursing Home in the Bronx was cited for many disturbing deficiencies in a February 16, 2011 New York State Department of Health survey. By law, New York nursing homes must ensure that the resident environment remains as free of accident hazards as is possible; and each resident receives adequate supervision and assistance devices […]
Westchester County Nursing Home Lawyer Report: N.Y.S. Department of Health Finds Various Areas of Concern at Croton-on-Hudson Nursing Home
In a February 21, 2012 Certification Survey, the Department of Health found a Westchester nursing home deficient in several areas, including that a resident’s care must be supervised by a physician. CFR 483.40(a) states that residents must remain under the care and supervision of a physician from admittance and throughout their stays. There must also […]
Falls At Two Nursing Homes In New York Result In Fractured Hips For Residents
At Clinton County Nursing Home in Plattsburgh, NY, Dawn Andrews, a Certified Nurse’s Aide, was found to have violated an elderly resident’s care plan. Ms. Andrews reportedly left a 98-year-old patient unattended during toileting. The resident fell, sustained a fractured hip, and died from these injuries four days later. Unfortunately, this was not an isolated […]
New York Nursing Home Attorney Report: Closet Falls on Brooklyn Nursing Home Resident
New York nursing home facilities are required by law to ensure that the nursing home environment remains as free of accident hazards as is possible; and that each resident receives adequate supervision and assistance devices to prevent accidents. During a February 15, 2010 New York State Dept. of Health complaint survey, Shoreview Nursing Home was […]
Port Jefferson Station Nursing Home Cited in Deficiency Report
Woodhaven Nursing Home, a Suffolk County-based nursing home facility, was cited for multiple deficiencies in a Department of Health Survey dated April 27, 2011. Among the violations were failure to have secure handrails in place, and failure to care for the resident in a matter maintaining dignity. According to CFR 483.70(h)(3), a facility must ensure […]
N.Y. Nursing Home Fall Attorney Report: Rockland Nursing Home Cited in May Deficiency Report
Northern Riverview Health Care Center in Haverstraw, NY was cited in a Department of Health Deficiency Survey dated May 11, 2011. The DOH cited the facility for numerous violations, including failing to ensure that the facility was free of accident hazards, and failure to develop and implement written policies and procedures that prohibit mistreatment and/or […]
Nesconset, Long Island Nursing Home Surveyors Find Deficiencies For Failing to Prevent Accidents
The New York State Department of Health recently published the results of a July 19, 2011 certification survey for Nesconset Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation located in Suffolk County, New York. The Department’s findings were not positive for the home, noting that the facility was deficient in no fewer than nine areas. Among the areas […]
Two Ferncliff Nursing Home Aides Punished For Trying to Cover-up Fall
Two Certified Nurse Aides at Ferncliff Nursing Home Co. Inc., a Dutchess County, NY Nursing Home, were recently forced to surrender their C.N.A. certificates after a fall during a transfer at the facility. According to a Long-Term-Care Community Coalition report, Stephen Thomas, a C.N.A., transferred a 94-year old resident, who slipped and suffered a broken […]
New York Nursing Home Lawyer Report: C.N.A. At Meadowbrook Care Center Has To Forfeit Certificate After Falsifying Records
Carolyn Williams, a former certified nurse’s aide (C.N.A.) at Meadowbrook Care Center in Freeport, NY was recently prosecuted by the Medicaid Fraud Unit of the NYS Attorney General for endangering the welfare of an elderly person. While working at Meadowbrook Care Center, Ms. Williams allegedly attempted a Hoyer transfer without assistance any other nursing home […]
Settlement Approved in Brighton, New York Fall Case
New York Supreme Court trial judge David M. Barry approved a settlement last week for the late Getrude Kash at the Jewish Home in Brighton, NY. The suit alleged negligence, medical malpractice, and violation of the Public Health Law. Shortly after Gertrude Kash, seen above, was admitted to the Jewish Home, she suffered a succession […]
New York Nursing Home Abuse Attorney Report: NYS Aide Forced To Surrender Her License After Causing Fall
Angela Zakrzewski, a certified nursing aide at Kaleida Health De Graff Memorial Hospital, a New York nursing home, was recently forced to surrender her C.N.A. certificate after being prosecuted by the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit of the NYS Attorney General’s Office. Ms. Zakrzewski performed a one-person transfer of a 91 year-old resident with a mechanical […]
Two Rockland County Nursing Homes Receive Low Ratings From Medicare
Northern Riverview Health Care, a nursing home in Haverstraw, NY, recently received the lowest rating possible (one star out of a possible five) from the Centers For Medicare Services (CMS). In evaluating the facility, CMS found poor results in annual health inspections and low levels of staffing. Summit Park Nursing Home in Pomona, NY received […]
Fall At New York Nursing Home Results In Probation For C.N.A.
A Certified Nurse Aide, Dawn Andrews, was recently sentenced to three years probation and 200 hours of community service for neglecting a New York nursing home resident in in a Clinton County facility. CNA Andrews reportedly left a resident with dementiaalone during toileting in violation of the care plan posted on the resident’s door. Theresident […]