The New Jersey nursing home abuse attorneys at Breslin and Breslin are reporting that two Florida nursing home employees have been charged with battery of a person over 65 and are being held without bond Friday after a nanny cam captured footage of the women abusing...
Nursing Home Negligence
Fighting Nursing Home Abuse
Two women charged with caring for elderly patients faced a Long Island judge Tuesday, accused of beating an 88 year old man in his nursing home bed because he didn't want to shower. According to the victim's daughter, Patty Izzo, the two women "put a pillow on his...
Nursing homes: the role of the long-term care ombudsman
Who truly advocates for nursing home residents in New Jersey and across the United States when they face issues of nursing home negligence or abuse?Obviously, of course, family members are usually at the forefront of advocacy for those they love who live in...
The effects of Sandy on many displaced nursing home residents
Hurricane Sandy was obviously unprecedented, with its effects widespread and far-reaching for literally millions of people in New Jersey, New York and other eastern states.One distinct area of concern for state regulators and health authorities has been the...
New scrutiny of nursing home, hospital patients’ bed rail deaths
Bed rails used in hospitals and nursing homes might at first blush seem the most innocuous of things and, when mentioned in the context of safety, deemed to be tools of the trade that enhance safety outcomes. The devices enable patients to more easily pull themselves...
Opinion: State has to do better investigating nursing home abuse
In a recent media commentary, a disability policy specialist takes a strong and critical aim at the New Jersey legislature for alleged passivity and inaction that is undermining the legal rights and adequate care of developmentally disabled persons in state nursing...
Study probes effect of nurse burnout on medical errors
In one of our recent blog posts (please see our August 14 entry), we referenced the staffing levels and policies in New Jersey nursing homes, noting the obvious nexus that exists between an inadequate level of trained staff members on hand and a heightened degree of...
New Jersey nursing home staffing report may prevent neglect
If you have made the difficult decision to place a parent or other loved one into a nursing home, you are probably daunted by the process of actually doing that. With so many nursing home options in Bergen County and throughout New Jersey, how can families find and...
Four nursing home residents choke to death in three months
When one nursing home resident passes away for an unexpected but preventable reason, it is called an accident. When four residents suffer that same fate in the short span of three months, it is indicative of a troubling pattern of nursing home neglect.That is what has...
NJ nursing home sued for neglect after resident hit by car
The family of a New Jersey woman who was hit by a car and killed in 2010 has filed a lawsuit against the nursing care facility from which the woman allegedly escaped on the night she died. In their lawsuit, the family alleges that the nursing home was negligent in...