Medication Errors

Highland Care Center Cited for Pressure Ulcer Care

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 18 Jan2020

Highland Care Center received 31 citations for violations of public health laws between 2015 and 2019, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on January 10, 2020. The Jamaica nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of three surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the following: 1. The nursing home […]

Chapin Home for the Aging Cited over Abuse

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 10 Jan2020

Chapin Home for the Aging received 17 citations for violations of public health laws between 2015 and 2019, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on December 19, 2019. The Jamaica nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of four inspections by state authorities. The deficiencies they describe include the following: 1. […]

Forest View Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Cited over Medication Errors

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 07 Jan2020

Forest View Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Cited received 20 citations for violations of public health laws between 2015 and 2019, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on December 19, 2019. The Forest Hills nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of three inspections by state authorities. The deficiencies they describe […]

Silvercrest Nursing Home Cited for Fall

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 03 Jan2020

Silvercrest received 19 citations for violations of public health laws between 2015 and 2019, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on December 13, 2019. The Jamaica nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of four inspections by state authorities. The violations they describe include the following: 1. The nursing home did […]

Bedford Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation Cited for Pressure Ulcers

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 21 Dec2019

Bedford Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation received 36 citations for violations of public health laws between 2015 and 2019, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on November 22, 2019. It also received a Department of Health fine of $6,000, in September 2011, over alleged violations of sections of the health code […]

North Westchester Restorative Therapy and Nursing Center Cited for Medication Errors

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 17 Dec2019

North Westchester Restorative Therapy and Nursing Center received 14 citations for violations of public health laws between 2015 and 2019, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on November 26, 2019. The Mohegan Lake nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of three inspections by state surveyors. The violations they describe include […]

Salem Hills Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Cited for Abuse

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 14 Dec2019

Salem Hills Rehabilitation and Nursing Center received 14 citations for violations of public health laws between 2015 and 2019, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on November 26, 2019. The Purdys nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of four inspections by state surveyors. The violations they describe include the following: […]

The Enclave at Rye Cited over Abuse Allegation

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 11 Dec2019

The Enclave at Rye Rehabilitation and Nursing Center received 34 citations for violations of public health laws between 2015 and 2019, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on November 29, 2019. The Port Chester nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of four inspections by state surveyors. The violations they describe […]

The Grove at Valhalla Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Cited for Falls

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 09 Dec2019

The Grove at Valhalla Rehabilitation and Nursing Center received 27 citations for violations of public health laws between 2015 and 2019, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on November 29, 2019. The Valhalla nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of four inspections by state surveyors. The deficiencies they describe include […]

Trump Administration Seeks to Weaken Regulation on Antipsychotics in Nursing Homes

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 21 Oct2019

As part of a broader push to deregulate the nursing home industry, the Trump administration has proposed rolling back regulations on antipsychotic use in nursing homes. Under current nursing home regulations, doctors who prescribe antipsychotics to the elderly on an “as needed” basis may only write a prescription for 14 days. At the end of […]

Employees Steal 750k from Nursing Home Resident

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 07 Oct2019

Employees at an Illinois nursing home stole more than $750,000 from a 96-year-old woman, according to The Chicago Sun Times. After the appalling theft, the thieves are now trying to delay the nursing home patient’s lawsuit trying to recover the stolen funds. According to attorneys for the elderly woman, the former nursing home employees are […]

Regulators Describe Overprescribing of Antipsychotics in Nursing Homes a “Crisis”

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 30 Mar2019

Government regulators and lawmakers appear finally ready to do something about the widespread use of antipsychotics at nursing homes. These powerful drugs are often prescribed to residents diagnosed with Alzheimer’s or dementia by nursing homes hoping to sedate them. Not only are these drugs not an approved treatment for these conditions, but antipsychotic drugs also […]

After “Horrifying” Report, Veterans Demand Improved Care at VA Nursing Homes

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 21 Dec2018

Following several scathing investigations and reports, veterans’ groups are demanding better care at the nursing homes run by the beleaguered Department of Veteran Affairs. While public condemnation has mounted for the past few years over the VA’s ability to care for the country’s 20.4 million veterans, criticism of the nursing homes run by the government […]

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