Glendale Home has received 23 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on August 28, 2020. The Scotia 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 […]
Nursing Home Lawsuits
Cayuga Nursing and Rehabilitation Center: $36,000 in Fines
Cayuga Nursing and Rehabilitation Center has received 96 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on August 19, 2020. The facility has also received fines totaling $36,000 in connection to findings that it violated health code provisions concerning resident rights, accidents, […]
Beechtree Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Cited for Infection
Beechtree Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing has received 65 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on August 19, 2020. The facility has also received a 2016 fine of $10,000 in connection to findings in a 2012 inspection that it violated […]
Evergreen Commons Rehabilitation and Nursing Center: Insufficient Nursing Staff
Evergreen Commons Rehabilitation and Nursing Center has received 64 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 $30,000 in connection to findings that it violated health code provisions regarding quality of care, […]
Eddy Memorial Geriatric Center: Multiple Infection Citations
Eddy Memorial Geriatric Center has received 24 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 Troy nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of three surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the following: 1. The […]
Eddy Heritage House Center Cited for Infection, Medication Errors
Eddy Heritage House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center has received 31 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 Troy nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of four surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Do “No Harm” Citations Adversely Affect Nursing Home Accountability?
A new edition of the Long Term Care Community Coalition Elder Justice Newsletter asks a simple question: does providing a nursing home resident breakfast in their soiled bed constitute harm? How about failing to provide a stop date for a resident’s psychotropic medication? “No Harm” deficiencies refer to citations of rule violations at nursing homes […]
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 […]
Federal Government Backs $20 Billion in Loans to Nursing Home Industry
The federal government is currently backing $20 billion in mortgages to the nursing home industry, including over $2 billion just in New York State. According to elder care advocates, the federal program originally meant to ensure a sufficient number of nursing homes is now widely abused and lacks sufficient oversight. According to The New York […]
Despite Declining Quality, Cost of Nursing Home Care Increasing Faster than Medical Services
The cost of nursing home care continues to increase sharply while the quality of nursing homes continues to decline. The cost of nursing home services even eclipses the broader medical field, according to a new study from Georgetown University Medical Center. According to researchers at the university, nursing home prices increased 30.18 percent between 2005 […]
Riverdale Nursing Home Cited for Elopement, Pests
Riverdale Nursing Home received 37 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 five more than the statewide average of 32. The Bronx nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of four inspections by state […]
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 […]
Split Rock Rehabilitation and Health Care Center Cited for Abuse
Split Rock Rehabilitation and Health Care Center received 29 citations for violations of public health laws between 2015 and 2019, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on December 7, 2019. The Bronx nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of four inspections by state authorities. The violations they describe include the […]
St. Patrick’s Home Cited, Fined for Fall
St. Patrick’s Home received 24 citations for violations of public health laws between 2015 and 2019, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on December 7, 2019. The facility was also the subject of a 2017 fine of $10,000 in connection to findings that it did not provide an environment free of […]
The Plaza Rehab and Nursing Center Cited for Abuse
The Plaza Rehab and Nursing Center received 21 citations for violations of public health laws between 2015 and 2019, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on December 7, 2019. The facility was also the subject of a 2010 fine of $6,000 in connection to findings concerning staff treatment of residents, the […]
Boro Park Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare Cited for Elopement
Boro Park Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare received 31 citations for violations of public health laws between 2015 and 2019, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on December 7, 2019. The facility was also the subject of a 2018 fine of $10,000 in connection to “multiple deficiencies” described in a December […]
Cypress Garden Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation Cited for Fall
Cypress Garden Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation 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 12, 2019. The Flushing nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of five inspections by state authorities. The violations they describe include the […]
Meadow Park Rehabilitation and Health Care Center Cited for Neglect
Meadow Park Rehabilitation and Health Care 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 December 12, 2019. The facility was also the subject of a 2017 fine of $4,000 in connection to findings it did not provide residents […]
Rego Park Nursing Home Cited for Abuse
Rego Park Nursing Home received 22 citations for violations of public health laws between 2015 and 2019, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on December 12, 2019. The Flushing nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of five inspections by state authorities. The deficiencies they describe include the following: 1. The […]
Waterview Nursing Care Center Cited for Abuse
Waterview Nursing Care Center received 22 citations for violations of public health laws between 2015 and 2019, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on December 12, 2019. The facility was also the subject of a 2010 fine of $4,000 in connection to findings it failed to comply with health code provision […]
Midway Nursing Home Cited over Elopement
Midway Nursing Home received 34 citations for violations of public health laws between 2015 and 2019, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on January 2, 2020. The Maspeth nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of six inspections by state surveyors, and number two more than the statewide average of 32 […]
Peninsula Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Cited over Elopement
Peninsula Nursing and Rehabilitation Center received 47 citations for violations of public health laws between 2015 and 2019, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on January 2, 2020. The Far Rockaway nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of five inspections by state surveyors. The violations they describe include the following: 1. […]
Oceanview Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Cited over Pressure Sores
Oceanview Nursing & Rehabilitation Center received 30 citations for violations of public health laws between 2015 and 2019, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on January 2, 2020. The facility was also the subject of a 2009 fine of $2,000 in connection to findings it violated health code provisions regarding accidents. […]
Queens Nassau Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Cited, Fined $30,000
Queens Nassau Rehabilitation and Nursing Center received 11 citations for violations of public health laws between 2015 and 2019, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on January 2, 2020. The facility has also received two fines: one $10,000 fine in April 2018 over findings of multiple health code violations; and one […]
Concord Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Cited for Elopement Risk
Concord Nursing and Rehabilitation Center received 44 citations for violations of public health code between 2015 and 2019, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on January 16, 2020. The facility also received a 2016 fine of $14,000 in connection to findings it violated health code provisions regarding administration and respiratory care. […]
Crown Heights Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation Cited for Unnecessary Drugs
Crown Heights Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation received 26 citations for violations of public health code between 2015 and 2019, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on January 16, 2020. The facility also received a 2012 fine of $10,000 in connection to findings it violated health code provisions regarding quality of […]
Dr. Susan Smith McKinney Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Cited for Abuse
Dr. Susan Smith McKinney Nursing and Rehabilitation Center received 17 citations for violations of public health code between 2015 and 2019, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on January 16, 2020. The facility also received a 2019 fine of $4,000 in connection to findings of multiple deficiencies observed in a February […]
King David Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation for Unnecessary Drugs
King David Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation received 44 citations for violations of public health code between 2015 and 2019, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on January 16, 2020. The Brooklyn nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of five surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the following: […]
Buena Vida Continuing Care & Rehab Center for Accident
Buena Vida Continuing Care & Rehab Center received 23 citations for violations of public health code between 2015 and 2019, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on January 16, 2020. The Brooklyn nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of five surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the following: […]
Palm Gardens Center Cited over Resident Deaths
Palm Gardens Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation received 26 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 five surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the following: […]
New Carlton Rehab and Nursing Center Cited for Infection
New Carlton Rehab and Nursing Center received 45 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 facility has also been the subject of a 2011 fine of $10,000 in connection to findings it violated health code provisions […]
Seagate Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Cited for Infection, Restraints
Seagate Rehabilitation and Nursing Center received 27 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2019, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on January 22, 2020. The Brooklyn nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of three surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the following: 1. The […]
Upper East Side Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Cited, Fined $12,000
Upper East Side Nursing and Rehabilitation Center received 17 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2019, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on January 31, 2020. The facility has also been the subject of a 2018 fine of $12,000 in connection to findings during a February 2018 […]
Amsterdam Nursing Home Cited for Elopement, Fall
Amsterdam Nursing Home received 17 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2019, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on January 31, 2020. The Manhattan nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of six surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the following: 1. The nursing home […]
Isabella Geriatric Center Cited for Accident Hazard
Isabella Geriatric Center received 33 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2019, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on February 6, 2020. The Manhattan 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 […]