What can I do if my mom or dad was mistreated in a New York Nursing Home?
One of the most difficult decisions family care providers have to make is whether to put their mother or father in a nursing home. When a parent requires a greater level of care than a child can provide in a home setting, especially when the child is working and cannot be there 24/7, the decision arises as to whether to place a loved one in a skilled nursing facility, or nursing home. Such decision is often accompanied by a significant amount of guilt, even when the parent requires a higher level of care, and often around-the-clock monitoring, care and supervision, which is more than a layperson can provide.
When choosing a nursing home In New York for your mother or father, the nursing home is required by federal and state law to perform an assessment to determine the level of care your family member requires. The nursing home must then certify to the federal and state government, in most situations, that they are equipped to provide the required care to your family member, in order for the facility to be paid for its services.
The reality, from our experience, however, is that nursing homes in New York seek to fill all of their available patient beds in order to obtain the maximum compensation and resultant profits. Nursing homes in New York average revenue in the tens of millions of dollars, with some larger homes making hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue per year.
The largest cost (or expense) for these nursing homes in every case is labor, the salaries they must pay for registered nurses, licensed nurses, CNAs (certified nursing assistants), physical therapists, occupation therapists, physicians, consultants, etc. In many nursing homes, we have seen that the for-profit owners maximize their profits and revenues by cutting the greatest costs, the staff. What happens when the nursing staff is cut? This very often leads to inadequate and often negligent care, including an overall lack of supervision, and a failure to provide a necessary level of care, such as failure to properly turn and position, bathe, toilet, change, feed, provide hygiene, ambulate, prevent bed sores, prevent deterioration, amongst many other things.
Some of the signs, symptoms, and injuries that appear as a result of nursing home failure to care are:
Bed Sores or Pressure Sores (also known as “decubitus ulcers” or “pressure ulcers”)
Falls resulting in fractures or other serious injury
Infection or Sepsis
Head injuries
Injuries of unknown origin
Malnutrition or Dehydration
Medication Errors
Choking
Clogged Breathing Tubes
Physical or Sexual Assault or Abuse
Physical or Chemical Restraints
Burns
Alzheimer's and other dementias
Assaults by staff
The New York State Department of Health lists 280 nursing homes which have been the subject of Enforcement Actions related to improper care and other violations since 2010:
A Holly Patterson Extended Care Facility Uniondale
Absolut Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation at Allegany, LLC Allegany
Absolut Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation at Aurora Park, LLC East Aurora
Absolut Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation at Endicott, LLC Endicott
Acadia Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation Riverhead
Alice Hyde Medical Center Malone
Alpine Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Little Falls
Andrus On Hudson Hastings-On-hudson
Auburn Rehabilitation & Nursing Center Auburn
Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Hospital Oneonta
Avon Nursing Home, LLC Avon
Baptist Health Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Scotia
Beach Gardens Rehab and Nursing Center Far Rockaway
Beacon Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Rockaway Park
Bedford Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation Brooklyn
Beechtree Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Ithaca
Beechwood Homes Getzville
Bethany Gardens Skilled Living Center Rome
Bethel Nursing Home Company Inc Ossining
Bethlehem Commons Care Center Delmar
Bishop Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Syracuse
Boro Park Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare Brooklyn
Briarcliff Manor Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Care Briarcliff Manor
Bridge View Nursing Home Whitestone
Bridgewater Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing, LLC Binghamton
Brighton Manor Rochester
Bronx Center for Rehabilitation & Health Care Bronx
Bronx Gardens Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Bronx
Brookhaven Health Care Facility, LLC Patchogue
Brooklyn Gardens Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Brooklyn
Brooklyn United Methodist Church Home Brooklyn
Brookside Multicare Nursing Center Smithtown
Buffalo Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Buffalo
Buffalo Community Healthcare Center Buffalo
Campbell Hall Rehabilitation Center Inc Campbell Hall
Capstone Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Amsterdam
Casa Promesa Bronx
Cayuga Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Ithaca
Central Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Syracuse
Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital Medical Center SNF Plattsburg
Charles T Sitrin Health Care Center Inc New Hartford
Chasehealth Rehab and Residential Care New Berlin
Chautauqua Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Dunkirk
Chemung County Health Center-Nursing Facility Elmira
Cold Spring Hills Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation Woodbury
Coler Rehabilitation and Nursing Care Center Roosevelt Island
Comprehensive Rehabilitation and Nursing Center at Williamsville Williamsville
Concord Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Brooklyn
Cooperstown Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Cooperstown
Creekview Nursing and Rehab Center Rochester
Crest Manor Living and Rehabilitation Center Fairport
Crown Heights Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation Brooklyn
Crown Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Cortland
Cuba Memorial Hospital Inc SNF Cuba
Daughters of Sarah Nursing Center Albany
Delhi Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Delhi
Diamond Hill Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Troy
Downtown Brooklyn Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Brooklyn
DR Susan Smith Mckinney Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Brooklyn
Dumont Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Care New Rochelle
Dunkirk Rehabilitation & Nursing Center Dunkirk
East Haven Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Bronx
Eastchester Rehabilitation and Health Care Center Bronx
Eddy Village Green Cohoes
Edna Tina Wilson Living Center Rochester
Eger Health Care and Rehabilitation Center Staten Island
Elderwood at Grand Island Grand Island
Elderwood at Lockport Lockport
Elderwood at North Creek North Creek
Elderwood at Ticonderoga Ticonderoga
Elderwood at Waverly Waverly
Elderwood of Uihlein at Lake Placid Lake Placid
Ellicott Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Buffalo
Ellis Residential & Rehabilitation Center Schenectady
Elm Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Canandaigua
Emerge Nursing and Rehabilitation at Glen Cove Glen Cove
Essex Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare Elizabethtown
Evergreen Commons Rehabilitation and Nursing Center East Greenbush
Ferncliff Nursing Home Co Inc Rhinebeck
Fiddlers Green Manor Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Springville
Fieldston Lodge Care Center Bronx
Fishkill Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Beacon
Foltsbrook Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation Herkimer
Forest Hills Care Center Forest Hills
Fort Hudson Nursing Center, Inc. Fort Edward
Franklin Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Flushing
Fulton Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare Gloversville
Fulton Commons Care Center Inc East Meadows
Garden Care Center Franklin Square
Ghent Rehabilitation & Nursing Center Ghent
Glen Cove Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation Glen Cove
Glengariff Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center Glen Cove
Golden Gate Rehabilitation & Health Care Center Staten Island
Gowanda Rehabilitation & Nursing Center Gowanda
Grandell Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Long Beach
Granville Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Granville
Greene Meadows Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Catskill
Groton Community Health Care Center Residential Care Facility Groton
Guthrie Cortland Medical Center Cortland
Harlem Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation New York
Hempstead Park Nursing Home Hempstead
Henry J. Carter Skilled Nursing Facility New York
Highbridge Woodycrest Center Bronx
Highland Nursing Home Inc Massena
Highland Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Wellsville
Highpointe On Michigan Health Care Facility Buffalo
Hilaire Rehab & Nursing Huntington
Hill Haven Nursing Home Webster
Hopkins Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare Brooklyn
Horizon Care Center Arverne
Hornell Gardens, LLC Hornell
Houghton Rehabilitation & Nursing Center Houghton
Hudson Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Albany
Hudson Valley Rehabilitation & Extended Care Center Highland
Humboldt House Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Buffalo
Huntington Hills Center for Health and Rehabilitation Melville
Ideal Senior Living Center Endicott
Iroquois Nursing Home Inc Jamesville
Jeanne Jugan Residence Bronx
Jennie B Richmond Chaffee Nursing Home Company Inc Springville
Katherine Luther Residential Health Care and Rehabilitation Center Clinton
Kingsway Arms Nursing Center Inc Schenectady
Lawrence Nursing Care Center, Inc Arverne
Livingston County Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation MT Morris
Livingston Hills Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Livingston
Loretto Health and Rehabilitation Center Syracuse
Lutheran Retirement Home Jamestown
Luxor Nursing and Rehabilitation at Mills Pond St James
Luxor Nursing and Rehabilitation at Sayville Sayville
M.M. Ewing Continuing Care Center Canandaigua
Manhattanville Health Care Center Bronx
Margaret Tietz Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Jamaica
Mary Manning Walsh Nursing Home Co Inc New York
Masonic Care Community of New York Utica
Massapequa Center Rehabilitation & Nursing Amityville
Massena Rehabilitation & Nursing Center Massena
Meadow Park Rehabilitation and Health Care Center LLC Flushing
Meadowbrook Healthcare Plattsburgh
Mercy Living Center Tupper Lake
Momentum at South Bay for Rehabilitation and Nursing East Islip
Monroe Community Hospital Rochester
Morningside Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Bronx
Morningstar Residential Care Center Oswego
Morris Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Bronx
Mosholu Parkway Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Bronx
MVHS Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Utica
Nassau Rehabilitation & Nursing Center Hempstead
Nathan Littauer Hospital Nursing Home Gloversville
New Carlton Rehab and Nursing Center, LLC Brooklyn
New East Side Nursing Home New York
New Gouverneur Hospital SNF New York
New Vanderbilt Rehabilitation and Care Center, Inc Staten Island
New York State Veterans Home at Montrose Montrose
Newfane Rehab & Health Care Center Newfane
Niagara Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Niagara Falls
Northern Manhattan Rehabilitation and Nursing Center New York
Northern Manor Geriatric Center Inc Nanuet
Northern Riverview Health Care Center, Inc Haverstraw
Northwoods Rehabilitation and Nursing Center at Moravia Moravia
Norwich Rehabilitation & Nursing Center Norwich
NYS Veterans Home in NYC Jamaica
Oceanside Care Center Inc Oceanside
Oneida Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Utica
Oneida Health Rehabilitation and Extended Care Oneida
Onondaga Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Minoa
Ontario Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare Canandaigua
Orchard Rehabilitation & Nursing Center Medina
Our Lady of Mercy Life Center Guilderland
Ozanam Hall of Queens Nursing Home Inc Bayside
Park Ridge Nursing Home Rochester
Park Terrace Care Center Rego Park
Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care & Rehab New Hyde Park
Parkview Care and Rehabilitation Center, Inc. Massapequa
Pathways Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Niskayuna
Pine Haven Home Philmont
Pinnacle Multicare Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Bronx
Plattsburgh Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Plattsburgh
Pontiac Nursing Home Oswego
Premier Genesee Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation Batavia
Presbyterian Home for Central New York Inc New Hartford
Promenade Rehabilitation and Health Care Center Rockaway Park
Putnam Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Holmes
Quantum Rehabilitation and Nursing LLC Middle Island
Queens Nassau Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Far Rockaway
Regal Heights Rehabilitation and Health Care Center Jackson Heights
Richmond Center for Rehabilitation and Specialty Healthcare Staten Island
River Ridge Living Center Amsterdam
Riverside Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Castleton-On-hudson
Robinson Terrace Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Stamford
Rosa Coplon Jewish Home and Infirmary Getzville
Rosewood Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Rensselaer
Ross Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation Brentwood
Rutland Nursing Home, Inc. Brooklyn
Safire Rehabilitation of Northtowns, LLC Tonawanda
Safire Rehabilitation of Southtowns, LLC Buffalo
Samaritan Keep Nursing Home Inc Watertown
Sans Souci Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Yonkers
Sapphire Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing of Central Queens, LLC Flushing
Sapphire Nursing at Meadow Hill Newburgh
Saratoga Center for Rehab and Skilled Nursing Care Ballston Spa
Schenectady Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Schenectady
Schulman and Schachne Institute for Nursing and Rehabilitation Brooklyn
Shaker Place Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Albany
Shore View Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Brooklyn
Silver Lake Specialized Rehabilitation and Care Center Staten Island
Slate Valley Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Granville
Sodus Rehabilitation & Nursing Center Sodus
St Anns Community Rochester
St Camillus Residential Health Care Facility Syracuse
St Johnland Nursing Center, Inc Kings Park
St Johns Health Care Corporation Rochester
St Josephs Home Ogdensburg
St Luke Residential Health Care Facility Inc Oswego
St Patricks Home Bronx
St. Margaret's Center Albany
Steuben Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare Bath
Suffolk Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Patchogue
Sullivan County Adult Care Center Liberty
Sunharbor Manor Roslyn Heights
Sunnyside Care Center East Syracuse
Sunrise Manor Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation Bay Shore
Sutton Park Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation New Rochelle
Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center New York
Teresian House Nursing Home Co Inc Albany
Terrace View Long Term Care Facility Buffalo
The Brightonian, Inc Rochester
The Brook at High Falls Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center Rochester
The Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation at Hoosick Falls Hoosick Falls
The Chateau at Brooklyn Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Brooklyn
The Citadel Rehab and Nursing Center at Kingsbridge Bronx
The Commons On St. Anthony, A Skilled Nursing & Short Term Rehabilitation Community Auburn
The Cottages at Garden Grove, A Skilled Nursing Community Cicero
The Eleanor Nursing Care Center Hyde Park
The Five Towns Premier Rehabilitation & Nursing Center Woodmere
The Grand Rehabilitation and Nursing at Barnwell Valatie
The Grand Rehabilitation and Nursing at Chittenango Chittenango
The Grand Rehabilitation and Nursing at Guilderland Altamont
The Grand Rehabilitation and Nursing at Mohawk Ilion
The Grand Rehabilitation and Nursing at River Valley Poughkeepsie
The Grand Rehabilitation and Nursing at Rome Rome
The Grand Rehabilitation and Nursing at South Point Island Park
The Grand Rehabilitation and Nursing at Utica Utica
The New Jewish Home, Manhattan New York
The Osborn Rye
The Paramount at Somers Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Somers
The Pearl Nursing Center of Rochester Rochester
The Phoenix Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Brooklyn
The Pines at Catskill Center for Nursing & Rehabilitation Catskill
The Pines at Glens Falls Center for Nursing & Rehabilitation Glens Falls
The Pines at Utica Center for Nursing & Rehabilitation Utica
The Pines Healthcare & Rehabilitation Centers Olean Campus Olean
The Plaza Rehab and Nursing Center Bronx
The Villages of Orleans Health and Rehabilitation Center Albion
Townhouse Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing Uniondale
Troy Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Troy
Union Plaza Care Center Flushing
United Helpers Nursing Home Ogdensburg
Upper East Side Rehabilitation and Nursing Center New York
Utica Rehabilitation & Nursing Center Utica
Valley View Manor Nursing Home Norwich
Van Duyn Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Syracuse
Van Rensselaer Manor Troy
Warren Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Queensbury
Washington Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare Argyle
Waters Edge Rehab & Nursing Center at Port Jefferson Port Jefferson
Wayne Health Care Newark
Wells Nursing Home Inc Johnstown
Wellsville Manor Care Center Wellsville
Wesley Gardens Corporation Rochester
Wesley Health Care Center Inc Saratoga Springs
West Lawrence Care Center, LLC Far Rockaway
Westhampton Care Center Westhampton
Wilkinson Residential Health Care Facility Amsterdam
Williamsbridge Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Bronx
Willow Point Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Vestal
Wingate at Beacon Beacon
Wingate of Dutchess Fishkill
Woodcrest Rehabilitation & Residential Health Care Center., LLC College Point
Woodhaven Nursing Home Port Jefferson Station
Wyoming County Community Hospital SNF Warsaw
If you believe that a loved one may be the victim of nursing home neglect or abuse, you should take action quickly and contact us online or call Leitner Varughese Warywoda PLLC at 855 LV FIRM NY or (631) 240-4390 to set up a free consultation with an experienced New York injury lawyer.
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