(914) 220-1086Martine Center for Rehabilitation received 30 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. The White Plains nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of three inspections by state surveyors. The violations they describe include the following: 1. […]
Nursing Home Lawsuits
Huntington Hills Center for Health and Rehabilitation Cited for Fall
Huntington Hills Center for Health and Rehabilitation received 26 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on April 3, 2020. The facility has also received three fines: a 2019 fine of $10,000 in connection to findings in a 2019 inspection that […]
East Neck Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Cited for Unnecessary Drugs
East Neck Nursing & Rehabilitation Center received 29 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on March 28, 2020. The West Babylon nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of six surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the following: […]
Gurwin Jewish Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Cited for Abuse
Gurwin Jewish Nursing and Rehabilitation Center received 29 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on March 29, 2020. The Commack nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of seven surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the following: 1. […]
Berkshire Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Cited for Pressure Ulcers
Berkshire Nursing & Rehabilitation 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 March 27, 2020. The West Babylon nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of four surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the following: 1. […]
Good Samaritan Nursing and Rehabilitation Care Center Cited for Pressure Ulcers
Good Samaritan Nursing and Rehabilitation Care Center received 21 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on March 28, 2020. The Sayville nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of three surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the following: […]
New York Nursing Home Brookside Multicare Nursing Center Fined for Health Code Violations
Brookside Multicare Nursing Center received 37 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on March 27, 2020. The facility has also received four fines: a 2019 fine of $10,000 in connection to findings in a 2018 inspection that it violated unspecified […]
White Oaks Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Cited for Pressure Ulcers
White Oaks Rehabilitation and Nursing Center received 22 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on March 21, 2020. The Woodbury nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of three surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the following: 1. […]
New York Nursing Home Apex Rehabilitation & Care Center in New York Cited for Abuse
Apex Rehabilitation & Care Center received 29 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on March 21, 2020. The Huntington Station nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of five surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the following: 1. […]
Williamsbridge Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Cited for Elopement
Williamsbridge Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing received 29 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. These citations include one that authorities determined to reflect “a severe, systemic deficiency.” The Bronx nursing home’s citations resulted from a total […]
New York Nursing Home Highfield Gardens Care Center of Great Neck Cited for Pressure Ulcers
Highfield Gardens Care Center of Great Neck received 32 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on March 5, 2020. The Great Neck nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of five surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the […]
Long Beach Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Cited for Pressure Ulcers
Long Beach Nursing and Rehabilitation Center received 29 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on March 5, 2020. The Long Beach nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of six surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the following: […]
New York Nursing Home Mayfair Care Center Cited for Abuse, Pressure Sores
Mayfair Care Center received 42 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on March 6, 2020. The Hempstead 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 […]
Nassau Rehabilitation & Nursing Center Cited, Fined $18,000
Nassau Rehabilitation & 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 March 6, 2020. The facility has also been the subject of a 2018 fine of $10,000 in connection to findings during a 2017 inspection that it […]
Glen Cove Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation Cited, Fined $22,000
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 […]
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 […]
Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center Cited for Fall, Abuse
Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center received 34 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 facility has also been the subject of a 2011 fine of $2,000 in connection to findings during a 2010 inspection that […]
Nyack Ridge Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Cited for Pressure Ulcer, Psychotropic Drug, and Safety Violations
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: […]
Pine Valley Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Cited for Elopement
Pine Valley Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing received 14 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 Spring Valley nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of four surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the […]
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 […]
Rutland Nursing Home Cited, Fined Over $30,000
Rutland Nursing Home received 21 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 2015 fine of $12,000 in connection to findings it violated health code provisions regarding nutrition and […]
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 […]
Hopkins Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare Cited for Infection
Hopkins Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare received 23 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 2015 fine of $10,000 in connection to findings it violated health code provisions […]
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 […]
Hollis Park Manor Nursing Home Cited for Pressure Ulcer Care
Hollis Park Manor Nursing Home received 39 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 Hollis nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of five surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the following: 1. The […]
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. […]
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 […]
Briarcliff Manor Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Care Cited For Pressure Ulcers
Briarcliff Manor Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing has received 27 citations for violations of public health code between 2018 and 2021, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on February 11, 2022. The Briarcliff Manor nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of two surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include […]
US News & World Report: Top-Rated New York Nursing Homes
US News & World Report released their annual rankings for 15,000 nursing homes across the country. The ratings are calculated using data on staffing, success in preventing emergency room visits and repeat hospitalizations, the rates of pneumonia and flu immunizations, antipsychotic use, and other factors. Rankings for each nursing home are calculated both for “short-term” […]
The Emerald Peek Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Cited for Pressure Ulcer Violations
The Emerald Peek Rehabilitation and Nursing 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 November 26, 2019. The Peekskill nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of three inspections by state surveyors. The deficiencies they describe include the […]
United Hebrew Geriatric Center Cited for Abuse
United Hebrew Geriatric Center received 24 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 New Rochelle nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of five inspections by state surveyors. The deficiencies they describe include the following: 1. […]
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 […]
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: […]
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 […]
Federal Judge: New York Nursing Home Violated Human Trafficking Laws
A federal judge ruled against SensotaCare, the largest nursing home provider in New York, saying the agency violated human trafficking laws with its meager wages and “threat of serious financial harm” designed to prevent anyone from quitting. According to Newsday, Judge Gershon of the federal Eastern District of New York also found that the owners […]
Pontiac Nursing Home Citations & Lawsuits
New York Knew of Nursing Home’s Leaky Roof for Seven Years New York nursing home regulators knew an upstate nursing home’s roof leaked for four years before finally forcing the owner to fix the safety hazard. According to Syracuse.com, the state Health Department inspection records show reports of “water-stained ceiling tiles” and “a hose running […]
$45 Million Lawsuit for Nursing Home Employee Who Impregnated Resident
The family of an incapacitated woman impregnated by a nursing home worker is seeking $45 million in damages relating to the brutal assault of their child. According to the lawsuit, medical exams show the incapacitated nursing home resident had been raped repeatedly over the course of two decades. In addition to the long-running sexual assaults, […]
New York Trains Nursing Home Staffers to “Whistleblow” on Suspected Abuse
New York State is proactively training nursing home staff how to be “better whistleblowers” whenever nursing home abuse or neglect is suspected. Describing the training as “the first of its kind” across the country, The Buffalo News said the New York Department of Health trained nursing home workers on submitting reports with important details, which […]
“Worst Bedsore Ever Seen from Nursing Home” Kills Upstate Man
After what one upstate nursing home doctor called the “worst bedsore ever seen” killed a once-healthy resident, the elderly man’s son is demanding accountability from the negligent nursing home. Four months after entering Safire Rehabilitation of Northtowns, the 82-year-old Frank L. Williams passed away from an entirely preventable bedsore, also called a pressure ulcer. According […]
Woman in Vegetative State Since 1993 Gives Birth, Nursing Home Staffer Arrested
The police have arrested a nurse who is reportedly responsible for sexually assaulting a nursing home resident who has been in a vegetative state since 1993. According to The New York Times, the nursing home resident and mother has been under the care of Hacienda HealthCare in Phoenix since 1993, when she was only four-years-old. […]
New York Jury Awards $1.2 Million for Nursing Home Abuse, Bedsores
A jury in upstate New York awarded a victim of nursing home abuse $1.2 million for its wanton neglect of an elderly resident. The jury found that 72-year-old Shirley Burrows was horrifically neglected by Newfane Rehab & Health Care Center, a long-term care facility in Niagara County. According to The Buffalo News, Burrow’s damages include […]
Criticism Grows Over New York Department of Health’s “Oversight” of Nursing Homes
Only two weeks after putting a Buffalo nursing home under conservatorship, the New York Department of Health announced that Emerald North and Emerald South Nursing and Rehabilitation Center will be closing their doors. The closure follows a long line of missteps and scandals by the formerly for-profit nursing homes, according to The Buffalo News. In […]
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 […]
Franklin Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Cited for Numerous Violations
Over the past four years, the Franklin Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing received 26 citations from the New York State Department of Health. All of these citations related to violations concerning the treatment and health of the senior citizens at the Queens nursing home. Compared to the state average, this facility received approximately the average […]
Citing Lack of Resources, Nursing Homes Fail to Treat Opioid Addiction
A recent report by StatNews shows that many nursing homes across the country are refusing to admit elderly Americans with opioid addictions, and failing to effectively treat those with addiction already placed in their care. According to the newspaper, elderly Americans who have been prescribed methadone or buprenorphine, medications commonly used to treat opioid addiction, […]
PA Judge Allows Punitive Damages in Nursing Home Bedsore Case
A Pennsylvania judge allowed a lawsuit against a nursing home seeking punitive damages over a patient’s pressure ulcer to proceed to trial, according to Law360.com. The lawsuit, filed in 2016, alleges that a nursing home’s reckless behavior allowed for a resident to develop multiple pressure sores. Sadly, these pressure ulcers, now referred to as pressure […]
Martine Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Cited for Failing to Conduct Background Checks on Employees
The Martine Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing, previously the Schnurmacher Center, in White Plains, New York received 60 complaints and 15 citations for violating New York and federal law, according to the New York State Department of Health. The Department of Health inspects each nursing home facility in the state every 9 to 15 months […]
