New Jersey Takes Control of Nursing Home with DOH Concerned for Residents’ Lives: Prior to the stepping in of the state, the Woodland Behavioral and Nursing Center in Andover, named one of New Jersey’s 15 worst-performing nursing homes for failing to prevent nursing...
Families Sue Nursing Home due to Negligence in Death from COVID: The lawsuit alleges nursing home neglect led to the rampant infection of the coronavirus that caused their loved ones’ wrongful death. A new lawsuit brought by 16 families of loved ones who died during a...
The Link between Understaffing and Nursing Home Falls: As most nursing home falls are preventable through proper precaution and supervision, it is not a stretch to understand how insufficient staffing at Pennsylvania and New Jersey nursing homes can result in nursing...
Deficiencies in Care Spark a Package of Bills to Improve Conditions at State-run veterans Homes An assembly panel on June 14 approved a package of bills meant to address ongoing problems within New Jersey’s three veterans nursing homes, says a NJ.com article. Issues...
Are PA, NJ COVID nursing home deaths out of control? According to an article last week in the Philadelphia Inquirer, the U.S. Justice Department is considering pursuing a civil rights investigation into COVID-related nursing home deaths in certain states, New Jersey...
Nearly 5,400 Have Died in NJ Nursing Homes; State and Facilities Both to Blame According to an article on NJ.com, as of May 20, measures to mitigate COVID crises in NJ nursing homes fall short. Two sets of statistics exist regarding nursing home fatalities from the...
