St. Josephs Place, a nursing home in Orange County, New York, received a deficient rating in several areas of care following an April, 2013 inspection by the Department of Health. Among these areas were a failure to keep residents’ drug regimens free from unnecessary drugs. Specifically, the facility failed to consider gradually reducing the dosage […]
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Queens (NYC) Nursing Director Arrested for Failing to Report Lost Resident and Falsification of Records
According to the NY Daily News, Juliet Clifford, Director of Nursing Services at the Queens nursing home Bishop Charles Waldo Maclean Episcopal Nursing Home, has been arrested.The trouble began for Clifford when a seventy-four year old dementia patient eloped from the facility approximately two weeks ago. Authorities claim that Clifford failed to call 911 when […]
Bronx Autistic Man’s Family Alleges Physical Abuse
An autistic man’s family is alleging abuse at a Bronx group home, according to NY1. The name of the home is not provided in the report, but NY1 does say that the home is run by Leake and Watts, a not-for-profit group that provides services such as foster care, community residences, and juvenile justice services. […]
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 […]
Schnurmacher Center Cited for Failure to Prevent Pressure Sores
Schnurmacher Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing, located in White Plains, was the subject of a Department of Health Certification Survey in July of 2012 for several deficiencies. Among the failurles reported by the DOH was a failure to properly prevent and treat pressure ulcers. The female resident described in the report suffers from high blood […]
Westchester Nursing Home Fails to Prevent Wandering
Westchester Meadows, a nursing home based in Valhalla, NY, drew a deficient rating from the Department of Health in a certification survey dated June of last year. The Department found that the facility failed to keep the resident environment as free of accident hazards as possible. Specifically, the report notes that Westchester Meadows failed to […]
Brooklyn Nursing Home Fails to Prevent Elopement of 85 Year-Old Dementia Patient
In an April, 2011 deficiency report, the Department of Health cited Hopkins Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare, a Brooklyn nursing home, for the failure to maintain an environment as free of accident hazards as possible. Specifically, Hopkins failed to ensure that residents at risk for elopement were properly monitored. This failure led to the wandering […]
What is Sepsis? Is There a Relationship Between Sepsis and Bedsores?
According to Mayo Clinic, sepsis is a serious complication of an infection that can be life-threatening. Sepsis occurs when your body releases chemicals into the bloodstream to fight an infection. These chemicals, in turn, trigger inflammation throughout the body that can lead to organ failure. It is important to determine the source of the infection […]
Brooklyn Nursing Home Fined $20,000 for Multiple Deficiency Surveys
In March, the Department of Health fined Brooklyn nursing home Lutheran Augustana Center for Extended Care and Rehabilitation $20,000. The fine is the result of multiple certification surveys finding the facility deficient in recent years. The fine report does not specify which specific incidents led to the monetary penalty. Among the deficiencies noted by the […]
N.Y. Legal Alert: Bronx Nursing Home Fined $18,000 by Department of Health
Bay Park Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation was recently fined $18,000 by the Department of Health. The fine stems from a certification survey in February of 2011, in which the facility was graded deficient in 23 various areas. Among these areas were failure to keep the facility free of accident hazards and failure to keep […]
New York Elder Law Attorney Report: Medicaid Fraud Control Unit Successfully Prosecutes Bronx CNA
In April of this year, the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) prosecuted Vicky Williams, a CNA who had been employed at Beth Abraham Health Services Facility, for falsifying records of a resident at the home. The resident in question was at risk for wandering and elopement, and in fact did elope from the facility early […]
Elderly Queens Resident Dies of Hyperthermia
An elderly Queens resident died of hyperthermia during last week’s excessive high temperatures. Although the man had underlying medical conditions, the Office of the Medical Examiner declared the death a result of hyperthermia. Hyperthermia is a condition whereby the body’s temperature rises to dangerous levels due to an inability to expend heat. As with many […]
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 […]
New York Nursing Home Neglect Attorney Report: Hastings-on-Hudson Nursing Home Cited in Department of Health Report
Andrus on Hudson, a Westchester nursing home, received unsatisfactory results in a Department of Health survey dated February 29, 2012. The survey notes deficiencies in 11 areas of care and safety. Among the sub-standard findings, the facility failed to establish an infection control program, and failed to maintain the nutritional status of its residents unless […]
NY Attorney Report: Nursing Home Resident Elopes From Facility And Dies From Hypothermia
The death of an elderly St. Louis nursing home resident has prompted a lawsuit against the facility. Aubrey Giles, who suffered from dementia, went missing from the Midwest Rehab and Respiratory Center in January, and his body was found in the woods two days later in a wooded, frozen ravine nearby. He reportedly died of […]
Bronx Nursing Home Employees Prosecuted For Falsifying Medical Records
A Registered Nurse and a Certified Nurse’s Aide at Beth Abraham Health Services, a Bronx Nursing Home, were recently sentenced after being prosecuted by the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit of the New York Attorney General’s Office. A mentally and physically disabled resident with a propensity to wander, eloped from the facility while under the care […]
Rockland County Nursing Home Fined $24,000 For Various Violations
Northern Riverview Health Care Center, Inc. in Rockland County, NY was fined $24,000 as a result of a Department of Health Certification Survey dated April 8, 2010. The survey noted no less than 14 deficiencies that contributed to the substantial fine. Among the shortcomings noted by the surveyors were failures with respect to comprehensive care […]
Bronx, NY Nursing Home Aides Lie about Elopement of Schizophrenic Patient
Three nurse’s aides at Beth Abraham Health Services in the Bronx were arrested after failing to notice the elopement of a 64 year old schizophrenic patient in a wheelchair, and then attempting to cover-up the incident. Although police found the man approximately six hours later at a friend’s home, the aides at Beth Abraham allegedly […]
Fieldston Lodge Care Center Cited in Department of Health Deficiency Report
A Department of Health (DOH) study regarding the 2008 elopement of a 59 year old woman at Fieldston Lodge Care Center in Riverdale, NY found the facility’s measures to prevent such wanderings lacking. The patient, identified in the report as “Resident # 1,” entered the facility in November, 2007 with diagnoses ranging from Hypertension to […]
Northern Metropolitan (Rockland County, NY) Cited: Pressure Sore Prevention Lacking
Northern Metropolitan Nursing Home in Monsey, New York was recently cited by the New York State Department of Health for incidents involving residents that developed pressure sores (decubitus ulcers, bedsores) in late 2009. According to the statement of deficiency, inspectors discovered that three out of twenty-one residents surveyed developed pressure sores at the facility. Although […]
Jury Returns $42.75 Million In Nursing Home Neglect Case Involving Bedsores
A Kentucky jury has awarded $42.75 million to the family of an elderly man who was allegedly neglected in a Madisonville nursing home. The decedent, Joseph Clint Offutt, 92, was reportedly only a resident at the facility, Harborside of Madisonville, for nine days before he died. Wilkes & McHugh represented the family. The trial lasted […]
Westchester County NY Nursing Home Abuse Attorney Report: Elant At Bradywine In Briarcliff Manor Fined $38,150 After Elopement Incident
Elant at Brandywine, a Westchester County nursing home in Briarcliff, New York was recently fined $38,150 by the U.S. Federal Government based on findings of substandard care made by surveyors during a September 2, 2009 investigation. According to the inspection report, surveyors cited the facility for failing have systems in place to adequately monitor and […]
New York Nursing Home Abuse Lawyer Report: JAMBDA Study Finds Problems With Nutritional Care At Nursing Homes Go Largely Undetected By Surveyors
A recent study conducted by the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association (JAMDA) indicates that surveyors routinely failed to detect quality care issues with respect to the assistance provided by nursing home staff members at mealtime. As we have discussed many times on this blog, malnutrition and dehydration are two of the most common […]
89 Year-Old Nursing Home Resident Freezes To Death After Sounding Alarm
A former nursing assistant in an Illinois nursing home recently admitted in court that she failed to properly ascertain the whereabouts of all residents after a door alarm sounded at approximately 2 am in the winter. Instead of conducting a bed check after the alarm sounded, the nursing assistant returned to watching television. She later […]
Sepsis And Its Relationship To Bedsores (Pressure Sores)
Sepsis can be the result of a bedsore (pressure sore, decubitis ulcer) that is allowed to develop and progress. Sepsis occurs when bacteria enters the bloodstream through the broken skin and spreads throughout the body. Not surprisingly, then, nursing home residents with pressure sores are at risk for developing an infection, and ultimately sepsis if […]