New York Nursing Home Abuse Lawyer Blog

As we have previously explained on the New York Nursing Home Abuse Lawyer Blog, Medicare rates all New York nursing homes based on three criteria:

1) Findings during health inspections;
2) Nursing home staffing; and
3) Quality measures.

The following nursing homes in Bronx, NY received the lowest rating from Medicare (one out of five stars - much below average):

Beth Abraham Health Services
Bronx Center For Rehabilitation & Health
East Haven and Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
Gold Crest Care Center
Jewish Home & Hospital For the Aged
Morris Park Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
Pelham Parkway Nursing Center
Throgs Neck Extended Care Facility

The homes received such low grades for a variety of reasons including failing to provide proper care to resident "at risk" for developing bedsores (pressure sores, decubiti); failing to prevent falls and fractures, failing to properly assess residents, failing to properly implement appropriate plans of care, failing to properly monitor resident lab values, failing to properly prevent elopement, failing to provide appropriate nutrition or hydration, and failing to prevent physical and sexual abuse.

Grandell Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Long Beach, NY was recently fined $32,207.50 by the Federal government stemming from a January 26, 2010 NYS Department of Health Complaint Survey. Surveyors found that the facility failed to provide medically related social services to attain the highest practicable, physical, mental and psychosocial well-being of each resident.

Tragically, a resident with a history of attempted suicide and a recent psychiatric hospitalization for suicide ideation did not have a care plan developed to provide supervision preventing potential self harm. The 78 year-old resident subsequently committed suicide. Further, the facility failed to address the needs of 18 other residents with known histories of suicidal ideation or negative statements.

Surveyors did not find any documented evidence that the facility developed, implemented or trained social work staff in the assessment of residents, who have suicidal ideations or suicide attempts.

Website Resource:

LTCCC Fall Report 2010.