(914) 220-1086Two certified nurse aides (CNAs) were arrested and charged in May 2013 for taking pictures and videos of eleven nursing home residents at three separate nursing homes. David Rover, 25, and Thomas Mocera, 23, are both charged with Unlawful Surveillance and face up to four years in prison if convicted. The two CNAs took photographs […]
Nursing Home Lawsuits
Long Island Nursing Home Workers Charged with Assault in Beating of Elderly Resident
A nurse and a personal care aide at Woodhaven Center in Port Jefferson, Long Island have been charged with assault and endangering the welfare of an elderly person. The charges stem from an investigation into the beating of an elderly resident of the home. The two women allegedly held the defenseless man down and beat […]
Queens Nursing Home Fined $12,000 by Department of Health for Medication Error that Resulting in Resident’s Death
The N.Y.S. Department of Health reported that it had fined Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehab, a Queens nursing home, twelve thousand dollars. The fine stems from an incident discovered by the DOH during an inspection in July, 2011. During the July inspection, investigators gave the facility the most severe rating in two […]
Fall Results In Fractured Hip: Brooklyn Nursing Home Cited for Actual Harm to Patient
After a survey conducted in February, 2013 at Norwegian Christian Home and Health Center, a Brooklyn, NY nursing home, the Department of Health issued a report finding actual harm to a resident. Actual harm is the second most severe rating grade that the DOH issues in its citations, surpassed only by Immediate Jeopardy. The Department […]
Closed Florida Nursing Home Had Been Opened by Convicted Felons
The Sarasota Herald-Tribune is reporting that Harmony Healthcare Nursing Home, which had its doors shut in 2011, was opened and operated by two men convicted of Medicaid fraud in New York in 1979. The nursing home was closed amid findings of widespread immediate jeopardy to its residents. An investigation conducted by the newspaper found that […]
Nursing Home Aide Arrested for Secretly Photographing Resident
In a press release dated March 8 of this year, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced the arrest of a Certified Nurse’s Aide from the Woodhaven Center in Port Jefferson, Long Island. The Suffolk County nursing home staffer was accused of taking a picture of the resident’s genitals without the resident’s permission. Having taken […]
Brooklyn Nursing Home Fails to Keep Drug Regimen Free from Unnecessary Drugs
Bushwick Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare, a nursing home located in Brooklyn, NY, was cited by the Department of Health in a December, 2012 deficiency report for several violations of the Code of Federal Regulations. Among these failures was the facility’s duty to keep a resident’s drug regimen free from unnecessary drugs. In relevant excerpts […]
New York Nursing Home Abuse Attorney Report: Recent MCFU Enforcement Actions Involving Nursing Home Abuse
Below please find a brief summary of various enforcement actions taken against New York nursing home personnel from 12/15/11 to 3/15/12 by the NYS Office of the Medicaid Inspector General. Last December two Registered Nurses at Glen Island Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation in New Rochelle, NY were indicted by the Medicaid Fraud Unit. Marlon […]
Smithtown Nursing Home Cited for Deficiencies by NYS Department of Health
Saint Catherine of Siena Nursing and Rehabilitation Care Center, located in Smithtown, NY, was cited for deficiencies in a Department of Health survey dated February 12, 2012. Two areas in particular for which the facility received substandard ratings involved medication errors and maintenance. According to federal regulations, a facility must ensure that it maintains a […]
Bronx Nursing Home Fined More Than $55,000
The Department of Health has fined Mosholu Parkway Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in the Bronx, NY over $55,000 for numerous violations, the most disturbing of which relates to an issue that has been discussed previously on this blog, the failure to keep the facility free of accident hazards. In this particular instance, a resident who […]
N.Y. Nursing Home Fall Attorney Report: Rockland Nursing Home Cited in May Deficiency Report
Northern Riverview Health Care Center in Haverstraw, NY was cited in a Department of Health Deficiency Survey dated May 11, 2011. The DOH cited the facility for numerous violations, including failing to ensure that the facility was free of accident hazards, and failure to develop and implement written policies and procedures that prohibit mistreatment and/or […]
Two Staten Island Nursing Home Nursing Staff Members Lose Licenses After Elder Abuse Incident
Two employees at a Staten Island long-term care facility, Lily Pond Nursing Home, recently lost their respective licenses after a 40 year-old resident was abused. Cynthia Ferry, a Certified Nurse Aide at the facility, was observed by an EMT striking the 40-year old resident in the head. Josefina Bernabe, a Licensed Practical Nurse, worked the […]
Two Ferncliff Nursing Home Aides Punished For Trying to Cover-up Fall
Two Certified Nurse Aides at Ferncliff Nursing Home Co. Inc., a Dutchess County, NY Nursing Home, were recently forced to surrender their C.N.A. certificates after a fall during a transfer at the facility. According to a Long-Term-Care Community Coalition report, Stephen Thomas, a C.N.A., transferred a 94-year old resident, who slipped and suffered a broken […]
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 […]
Westchester Nursing Home, Owner, Plead Guilty to Stealing $400,000 in Medicaid Funding by Inadequately Caring for Residents
Ossining-based nursing home Chandler Care Center and its owner, Samuel Klein, plead guilty in September 2002 to stealing $400,000 in Medicaid funding and failing to employ sufficient staff to provide appropriate care for its residents. The facility shut down in July 2001 after a Department of Health (DOH) inspection revealed that the facility, lacking air […]
New York Nursing Home Abuse Attorney Report: CA Jury Awards $12.5 Million To Resident Attacked By Cook
In a recent nursing home abuse lawsuit, a California jury awarded a dementia resident $12.5 million after being attacked by a cook who worked at the facility. In 2007, Sophie Schwartz, a 92 year-old dementia patient, was asleep in her bed at Oakdale Heights of Santa Clarita when she was awakened by a man on […]
Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Westchester Medical Center Involving Death Of 6 Year-Old Croton Boy Settles For $2.9 Million
The family of a 6-year boy who was struck in the head by an oxygen tank causing his death at Westchester Medical Center has reached a settlement of $2.9 million in a medical malpractice and wrongful death lawsuit. The horrifying incident happened when a hospital staffer brought an oxygen canister into the MRI’s magnetic field […]
NYC Nursing Home Abuse Lawyer Report: $19 Million Verdict After Brooklyn Nursing Home Allows 20 Bedsores to Develop And Falsifies Records
A Kings (Brooklyn) County jury recently returned a $19 million verdict in favor of the family of 76 year-old nursing home resident, John Danzy, who developed more than 20 bedsores (pressure sores/decubiti) at Brooklyn-Queens Nursing Home. The award included $3.75 million for pain and suffering and $15 million in punitive damages. Mr. Danzy died from […]
Bronx (NYC) Nursing Home Abuse Lawyer Report: Resident Dies After Bronx Facility Fails To Monitor Lab Values
Beth Abraham Health Services, a Bronx (NYC) nursing home facility, was recently fined $21,150 by the federal government based on findings of substandard care in a April 27, 2009 inspection, according to a Long-Term Care Community Coalition report. The facility was sanctioned due to its failure to properly monitor and act upon a 66 year-old […]
Bedsore Lawsuit Against Orange County (NY) Nursing Home Settles For $525,000
The family of an 87 year-old Orange County, NY nursing home resident recently settled a case involving allegations of dehydration, malnutrition and the development of multiple bedsores (pressure sores, decubitis ulcers) for $525,000. The plaintiff was reportedly admitted to St. Teresa’s Nursing Home in Middletown, NY with a history of dementia, heart failure and hypothyroidism. […]
Nathan Miller Center For Nursing Care In White Plains, NY Fined $45,565.00 For Malfunctioning Call Bell System
A Westchester County, NY nursing home, Nathan Miller Center for Nursing Care, received a fine from the federal government in the amount of $45,565.00 as a result of findings in a November 24, 2008 inspection. The purpose of the call bell system is to alert staff members to respond to residents who require assistance and/or […]
Ramapo Manor Center For Rehab In Rockland County Receives An Overall Rating Of “Much Below Average”
Ramapo Manor Center For Rehabilitation, a Rockland County, New York nursing home, received an overall rating from Medicare inspectors of “much below average.” As we have previously discussed on this site, Medicare rates all New York nursing homes based on three criteria: 1) Health Inspections;2) Nursing Home Staffing; and 3) Quality Measures. After these three […]
Glendale NY Nursing Home Fined For Failing To Toilet Residents
Glendale Home, a County run facility in Scotia, NY, was fined $20,800 for neglecting to toilet residents according to a Long-Term-Care Community Coalition report. When investigators interviewed residents at the facility, they were told horror stories about residents soiling themselves and/or evacuating their bowels/bladder in their beds or on the floor when calls for help […]
Sarah Neuman Nursing Home In Mamaroneck New York Failed to Treat Pressure Sores
Sarah Neuman Center for Health & Rehabilitation in Westchester County, New York, was cited in a January 18, 2008 inspection survey for failing to prevent
Nursing Home Employees In Rome, New York Arrested For Stealing Resident’s Engagement Ring
A certified nurse’s aid and a dietary technician in an upstate New York nursing home have been charged with Petit Larceny (a class A Misdemeanor) and Possession of Stolen Property (a class A Misdemeanor). The two employees allegedly stole the engagement ring of an 89 year-old resident and pawned the ring for $15.00. According to […]
