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...
DNA Testing Could Give Answers in Mysterious Wrongful Death of Philadelphia Nursing Home Resident Found with a Disinfectant Wipe Lodged in Her Throat
DNA Testing Could Give Answers in Mysterious Wrongful Death of Philadelphia Nursing Home Resident Found with a Disinfectant Wipe Lodged in Her Throat In January 2022, Cheryl Yewdall, a 50 year-old Philadelphia nursing home resident with cerebral palsy and intellectual...
Tougher Sanctions Are Needed against New Jersey Nursing Homes that Repeatedly Put Residents at Risk, Says New Report
Tougher Sanctions Are Needed against New Jersey Nursing Homes that Repeatedly Put Residents at Risk, Says New Report New Jersey has failed at holding the worst nursing home operators accountable for repeatedly subjecting residents to nursing home malpractice, says...
Former Pennsylvania Nursing Home Aide Sentenced for Stealing Jewelry from Dementia Patients
Former Pennsylvania Nursing Home Aide Sentenced for Stealing Jewelry from Dementia Patients In a shocking incident of nursing home malpractice, a former nursing aide of a Pennsylvania nursing home has been sentenced to time in jail for stealing jewelry from dementia...
Most Pennsylvania and New Jersey Nursing Homes Fall Far Short of Impending Staffing Requirements, Says Analysis
Staff Requirements are Falling Short for Most Pennsylvania and New Jersey Nursing Homes, Says Analysis In 2026, federal staffing minimums will be implemented in an effort to address staffing shortages that contribute to incidences of nursing home malpractice. Few...
Missing Elderly Woman Who Wandered from Pennsylvania Nursing Home Found Dead
Missing Elderly Woman Who Wandered from Pennsylvania Nursing Home Found Dead An elderly woman who wandered from her Pennsylvania nursing home last month was found dead the day after she was reported missing, says an NBC Philadelphia article. On Monday, July 8,...
New Jersey Nursing Home Residents Sue for Negligence, Hardship, and Wrongful Death after Home Closes without Notice
New Jersey Nursing Home Residents Sue for Negligence, Hardship, and Wrongful Death after Home Closes without Notice For months before the sudden shutdown, red flags about Princeton Care Center were apparent, including staffing shortages, unpaid bills, and poor ratings...
Pennsylvania Nurse Charged with Multiple Nursing Home Murders Gets Life in Prison
Pennsylvania Nurse Charged with Multiple Nursing Home Murders Gets Life in Prison The Pennsylvania nurse who gave high—and in many cases, lethal—doses of insulin to several of her patients has pled guilty to three counts of murder as well as other charges and received...
Plea Deal for Infamous New Jersey Nursing Home Operator Rejected by Federal Judge
Plea Deal Rejected by Federal Judge for Infamous New Jersey Nursing Home Operator After establishing Skyline Healthcare, Joseph Schwartz’s nursing home chain rapidly expanded; by 2017 the operator was running 95 facilities in 11 states from his office above a New...
Ninth Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed in Connection with Pennsylvania Nurse Charged with Killing Two Nursing Home Residents and Attempted Murder of a Third
Ninth Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed in Connection with Pennsylvania Nurse Charged with Killing Two Nursing Home Residents and Attempted Murder of a Third The latest lawsuit involving Heather Pressdee, the former registered nurse charged with homicide and attempted...
New Jersey Nursing Homes Were Unprepared for Covid, and They Aren’t Ready for the Next Public Health Emergency, Says Report
New Jersey Nursing Homes Were Unprepared for Covid, and They Aren’t Ready for the Next Public Health Emergency, Says Report A state Department of Health directive about readmitting Covid-19 patients to New Jersey nursing homes from hospitals confounded operators, says...
Residents of Understaffed Nursing Homes in Disadvantaged Communities More Likely to be Given Inappropriate Antipsychotics, Study Says
Residents of Understaffed Nursing Homes in Disadvantaged Communities More Likely to be Given Inappropriate Antipsychotics, Study Says Giving older adults antipsychotic drugs, especially when they aren’t indicated, can be dangerous, and using them to manage the...