Glen Cove Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation received 25 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on February 27, 2020. The facility has also been the subject of a 2016 fine of $12,000 in connection to findings during a 2015 inspection […]
Medication Errors
Glengariff Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center Cited for Infection
Glengariff Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center received 38 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on February 27, 2020. The facility has also been the subject of a 2015 fine of $12,000 in connection to findings during a 2013 inspection that it […]
Nyack Ridge Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Cited for Pressure Ulcer
Nyack Ridge Rehabilitation and Nursing Center received 26 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on February 13, 2020. The Valley Cottage nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of three surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the following: […]
The Willows at Ramapo Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Cited for Pressure Sores
The Willows at Ramapo Rehabilitation and Nursing Center received 53 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on February 14, 2020. The Suffern nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of five surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the […]
Oxford Nursing Home Cited for Abuse
Oxford Nursing Home received 22 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2019, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on January 21, 2020. The Brooklyn nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of four surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the following: 1. The nursing home […]
Woodcrest Rehabilitation & Residential Health Care Center Cited, Fined
Woodcrest Rehabilitation & Residential Health Care Center received 20 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 facility was also the subject of a 2010 fine of $4,000 in connection to findings it violated health code provisions […]
Bridge View Nursing Home Cited for Abuse
Bridge View Nursing Home received 38 citations for violations of public health laws between 2015 and 2019, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on January 9, 2020. The facility also received a 2017 fine of $16,000 in connection to findings in an April 2016 survey that it violated health code provisions […]
Bezalel Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Cited for Accident Hazards
Bezalel Rehabilitation and Nursing Center received 25 citations for violations of public health laws between 2015 and 2019, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on January 9, 2020. The Far Rockaway nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of three surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the following: 1. […]
Highland Care Center Cited for Pressure Ulcer Care
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
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
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
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 […]
King Street Home Cited for Abuse, Medication Errors
King Street Home received 32 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 Port Chester nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of four inspections by state surveyors. The violations they describe include the following: 1. The […]
Bedford Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation Cited for Pressure Ulcers
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
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
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: […]
Sans Souci Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Cited for Medication Errors
Sans Souci Rehabilitation and Nursing Center received 15 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 Yonkers nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of three inspections by state surveyors. The violations they describe include the following: […]
The Enclave at Rye Cited over Abuse Allegation
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
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 […]
The Citadel Rehab and Nursing Center Cited for Systemic Accident Hazards
The Citadel Rehab and Nursing Center at Kingsbridge received 19 citations for violations of public health laws between 2015 and 2019, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on November 14, 2019. Those citations include two that were found to cause immediate jeopardy to resident health, and one that authorities say reflected […]
New York Nursing Home Fined 50k for Medication Error
The federal government fined a Buffalo nursing home $47,827 for erroneously administering insulin to a resident. According to The Buffalo News, the fine against Humboldt House represents the sixth largest in New York for 2018. The newspaper reports that a physician at the nursing home administered insulin to a diabetic resident in February 2018 despite […]
Trump Administration Seeks to Weaken Regulation on Antipsychotics in Nursing Homes
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
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”
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
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 […]