Two 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 […]
Physical Abuse
Bronx Nurse’s Aide Allegedly Caught Abusing Alzheimer’s Patient on Hidden Camera
A nurse’s aide at the Gold Crest Care Center in the Bronx was arrested in February 2013 after a hidden camera allegedly caught her abusing an Alzheimer’s patient. Sandra Kerr, 55, was charged with Willful Violation of the Public Health Law and endangering the welfare of an incompetent or physically disabled person. She faces up […]
Former Nurse Aide of Rochester Nursing Home Accused of Posting Video of Patient Being Abused on Facebook
A former nurse aid at the St. Anne’s Home in Rochester, New York was arrested and charged in July 2013 for allegedly posting a video on Facebook of a resident being harassed. If convicted, the former aide, Ericha Brown, 23, faces up to one year in prison. According to Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman, Brown […]
Former LPN Indicted after Allegedly Assaulting Nursing Home Resident
A former LPN at Split Rock Nursing Home in the Bronx was indicted last week on charges of abuse at the nursing home. A video of the incident, which occurred in February 2012, allegedly shows the nurse, Lennox Seymour, pushing and punching a disabled resident of the Bronx nursing home. The video, which has not […]
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 […]
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 […]
Upstate Elder Abuse Prevention Program Receives Record-Breaking Donation
Lifespan of Greater Rochester, Inc., an organization providing numerous services to seniors, announced recently that it received funding of $750,000 for its Elder Abuse Prevention Program. The funds were given by Governor Cuomo and the Rochester State Delegation, and will benefit the program that educates and assists caregivers and victims of elder abuse. The program […]
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 […]
Elderly Alzheimer’s Patient Reportedly Abused at Gold Crest Care Center in Bronx, NY
A certified nurse’s aide at Bronx nursing home, Gold Crest Care Center, was recently arrested and charged with endangering the welfare of a physically disabled person and three counts of willfully violating the Public Health Law. She was reportedly caught on video abusing an elderly resident who suffers from Alzheimer’s DIsease. According to the Office […]
Dutchess Nursing Home Fined $24,000 for Deficient Ratings by Health Department After Choking Incident
As a result of the latest enforcement survey issued by the Department of Health, Wingate at Beacon, a Dutchess county nursing home, was fined $24,000. During a January, 2011 certification survey at Wingate, the DOH found four deficiencies serious enough to warrant a severity level of Immediate Jeopardy. This is the most severe rating that […]
Bay Park Nursing Home In Bronx Fails To Prevent Accidents and Abuse
Bay Park Nursing Home in the Bronx was cited for many disturbing deficiencies in a February 16, 2011 New York State Department of Health survey. By law, New York nursing homes must ensure that the resident environment remains as free of accident hazards as is possible; and each resident receives adequate supervision and assistance devices […]
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 […]
LPN At Benenson Pavilion Sentenced For Physical Abuse Of Queens Nursing Home Resident
Jessie Joiner, a Licensed Practical Nurse (“LPN”) at Dr. William O. Benenson Pavilion, a Queens Nursing Home, was recently sentenced to three years probation and forced to surrender her LPN license. She allegedly knocked an 85-year old female resident out of her wheelchair and onto the floor at the facility. The resident suffered a fractured […]
New Jersey Nurse’s Aide Fired After Allegedly Beating Resident
A North Bergen Nurse’s Aide has been fired by her employer nursing home for allegedly beating an elderly resident. The attack was caught on camera with a surveillance camera installed by the resident’s daughter. In addition to being fired by Harborage Nursing Home, the aide was arrested and charged with assault, abandonment and neglect of […]
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 […]
Aide, Supervisor Terminated After Beating / Attempted Cover-Up at Staten Island Nursing Home
A certified nurse’s aide and her supervisor have both lost their jobs after the aide was accused of beating a developmentally disabled resident at Lily Pond Nursing Home in Staten Island. The supervisor is accused of attempting to cover up the incident. The aide allegedly struck the resident several times in the head during her […]
Center Moriches Nursing Home Fails To Safeguard Resident Information
The New York State Department of Health published results of a survey dated June 13, 2011 in which Cedar Lodge Nursing Home, located in Center Moriches in Suffolk County, received substandard results in several areas. Sections 483.75(l)(3) and 483.20(f)(5) of CFR Title 42 discuss standards for record keeping and maintenance. The importance of safeguarding records […]
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 […]
Long Beach, NY: Grandell Rehabilitation and Nursing Fined by DOH
Grandell Rehabilitation and Nursing in Long Beach, New York was fined for several deficiencies after surveys taken in January and July of last year. Among the numerous violations found during the survey were: CFR 483.7(h)(3) Corridors have firmly secured handrails. The study found that not only did the facility lack the requisite number of handrails, […]
New NYS DOH Certification Survey Published for Elant at Newburgh
A deficiency report published by the Department of Health on April 25, 2011 reveals that Elant at Newburgh, located in Orange County, NY, continues to violate patients’ rights with respect to its nursing home residents. The latest findings by the DOH range in scope from isolated incidents to patterns of abuse, and most have been […]
New York Nursing Home Attorney Report: New York Nursing Homes And Its Employees Cited For Neglect/Abuse
The Long Term Care Community Coalition recently released its report on New York enforcement actions for the period 12/16/10 – 3/15/11. Included in the report were the following instances of nursing home neglect and abuse: At Terence Cardinal Cooke HCC in Manhattan, LPN Coral Quintyne, gave methadone to the wrong resident, who had to be […]
World Elder Abuse Awareness Week
Today, June 15, 2011, is the sixth annual World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. It falls in the middle of World Elder Abuse Awareness Week, which commenced on Monday. While it is important to specify a day or week in which to give attention to the cycle of abuse that many elderly in society face, it […]
Prison Sentence After Conviction in N.Y. Nursing Home Sexual Abuse Case
A nursing home aide was recently convicted of sexually abusing an 61-year old stroke victim at Amsterdam Nursing Home on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. The aide was convicted of sex abuse, endangering the welfare of a vulnerable elderly person, and endangering the welfare of a physically disabled person. The aide was caught in the sexual […]
Upstate New York Nursing Home Fires Two Employees After Disturbing Sexual Incident
Northgate Health Care Facility has fired two nurse’s aides following a disturbing incident involving the employees and two elderly, mentally impaired residents of the facility. According to a NYS Department of Health report, the employees placed the two residents in the same bed together and told them that they were married, hoping to elicit a […]
Film Legend Mickey Rooney Discusses Experience With Elder Abuse
Mickey Rooney appeared before the Senate Special Committee on Aging this past Wednesday to discuss his personal experience dealing with elder abuse. Rooney, who has appeared in such films as National Velvet and The Black Stallion, pleaded for the committee to enact stricter legislation to protect victims of elder abuse. Rooney detailed his horrors of […]