Two New Jersey Nursing Assistants Attack Nursing Home Resident, Causing Critical Injury

Two New Jersey Nursing Assistants Attack Nursing Home Resident, Causing Critical Injury

Two Nursing Home Workers Attack Resident in New Jersey Facility, Causing Critical Injury: In a brutal example of nursing home malpractice, a New Jersey nursing home resident was attacked and critically wounded by two nursing home workers, reports a 6abc article....
Multiple New Jersey Nursing Homes Cited for Short-Staffing Violations

Multiple New Jersey Nursing Homes Cited for Short-Staffing Violations

Short-Staffing Violations in Multiple New Jersey Nursing Homes Result in Citations Placed:  Several New Jersey nursing homes have recently been cited by the Department of Health for staffing violations amounting to nursing home malpractice, says a New Jersey Spotlight...
Two New Jersey Nursing Home Workers Tied an Elderly Woman in Their Care to a Recliner with a Bed Sheet, says Attorney General

Two New Jersey Nursing Home Workers Tied an Elderly Woman in Their Care to a Recliner with a Bed Sheet, says Attorney General

Elderly Resident Tied to Her Recliner With a Bedsheet by Two New Jersey Nursing Home Workers, says Attorney General Two employees of a New Jersey nursing home have been named in a 10-count indictment accusing them of assaulting a 93-year-old woman they were meant to...
Pennsylvania Investigations of Elder Abuse and Neglect Are Staggeringly Slow, often with Tragic Results, Report Says

Pennsylvania Investigations of Elder Abuse and Neglect Are Staggeringly Slow, often with Tragic Results, Report Says

Elder Abuse and Neglect Investigations Are Staggeringly Slow in Pennsylvania, often with Tragic Result Many of Pennsylvania’s agencies responsible for protecting older adults are failing to investigate complaints of elder abuse and neglect within a safe timeframe,...
New Jersey Nursing Home Worker Indicted for Assaulting Resident with Bleach Spray

New Jersey Nursing Home Worker Indicted for Assaulting Resident with Bleach Spray

New Jersey Nursing Home Worker Indicted for Assaulting Resident with Bleach Spray New Jersey nursing home worker indicted by a grand jury for abuse of a patient after spraying an elderly resident with bleach, says a Patch.com article. According to the article, Simone...
Residents of Troubled New Jersey Nursing Home Endure Heat Wave with Little to No Air Conditioning

Residents of Troubled New Jersey Nursing Home Endure Heat Wave with Little to No Air Conditioning

Heat Wave Endured on Residents of Troubled New Jersey Nursing Home with Little to No Air Conditioning  A poorly maintained heating and cooling system at Homestead Rehabilitation and Care Center in Newton, New Jersey, has twice threatened to expose fragile residents to...