When you place an elderly family member into a nursing home, you expect the facility to provide quality medical care and personal services. Unfortunately, not all nursing homes live up to even your minimum expectations. State surveys show that health and safety violations occur in almost all long term care facilities in New Jersey. Its no surprise that nursing home neglect and abuse is considered to be a serious problem by many state oversight agencies and resident advocates.
If your relative suffered a serious injury in an Essex County nursing home or assisted living facility don’t wait to contact an experienced attorney. Nursing home injury lawyer Brent Wieand represents victims of nursing home malpractice throughout Essex County including Bloomfield, East Orange, Irvington, Newark, West Orange. He will promptly begin an investigation and provide professional legal advice on your particular circumstances.
Attorney Wieand has been honored as a Super Lawyers “Rising Star” from 2013 – 2015. He has in-depth knowledge of New Jersey’s nursing home regulations and can often determine if violations were committed during the initial consultation. Call him for a free and friendly consultation at (215) 666-7777.
Nursing home negligence occurs when a facilities administrators and nursing staff don’t provide the services necessary to promote and maintain a resident’s health or safety. This includes taking reasonable precautions to keep residents safe from physical harm and mental anguish. Some common signs of nursing home neglect include bed sores, dehydration and falls resulting in injury or broken bones. Neglect may be due to a caregiver’s failure to assist in personal hygiene or provide necessary medical and dietary services.
The most common type of nursing home injury cases involve residents that are hurt or killed due to a fall. Many elderly residents are at a high risk of falling because of advanced age, muscle weakness and cognitive impairments. A comprehensive fall assessment should be made for each resident upon admission. If residents are at a high risk of falling, nursing home staff must take proper precautions and interventions to prevent the resident from falling. This includes helping residents into and out of bed, walking to the bathroom and taking care of themselves. Failure to provide needed ambulatory assistance is neglect.
Another avoidable injury that commonly plagues bed bound residents are bed sores or pressure ulcers. Bed sores usually form when nursing staff fail to rotate a bed bound resident. Bed sores may also be caused when a residents clothing or shoes rub against their skin. These injuries are often extremely painful and may require debridement surgery or amputation of a appendage or limb if not treated properly.
Nursing home abuse is the deliberate and intentional mistreatment of a nursing home resident. Unfortunately, nursing home abuse occurs more frequently than people may realize. Some common types of abuse include:
– treatment resulting in physical harm, pain or mental suffering
– financial abuse
– isolation from other residents
– sexual abuse
If you are worried that a relative is suffering from abuse or mistreatment you have the right to have the matter investigated. Call Essex County nursing home injury lawyer, Brent Wieand, to set up a completely free consultation at 1 (215) 666-7777 or send a description of your claim through the online contact form.
Below is a list of nursing homes located in Essex County.
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Alaris Health At Cedar Grove
110 Grove Ave
Cedar Grove, NJ 07009
Alaris Health At Essex
155 Fortieth Street
Irvington, NJ 07111
Alaris Health At St Mary’S
135 South Center Street
Orange, NJ 07050
Alaris Health At West Orange
5 Brook End Drive
West Orange, NJ 07052
Arbor Glen Center
25 E Lindsley Road
Cedar Grove, NJ 07009
Broadway House For Continuing
298 Broadway
Newark, NJ 07104
Brookhaven Health Care Center
120 Park End Place
East Orange, NJ 07018
Canterbury At Cedar Grove
398 Pompton Avenue
Cedar Grove, NJ 07009
Care One At Livingston
68 Passaic Avenue
Livingston, NJ 07039
Clara Maass Medical Center
One Clara Maass Drive
Belleville, NJ 07109
Daughters Of Israel Pleasant Valley Home
1155 Pleasant Valley Way
West Orange, NJ 07052
Forest Hill Healthcare Center
497 Mt Prospect Ave
Newark, NJ 07104
Gates Manor
111-115 Gates Avenue
Montclair, NJ 07042
Green Hill
103 Pleasant Valley Way
West Orange, NJ 07052
Hackensack-Umc Mountainside
One Bay Ave
Montclair, NJ 07042
Inglemoor Rehabilitation And Care Center Of Living
311 S Livingston Ave
Livingston, NJ 07039
Job Haines Home For Aged People
250 Bloomfield Ave
Bloomfield, NJ 07003
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Lutheran Social Ministries Cra
459 Passaic Avenue
West Caldwell, NJ 07006
New Community Extended Care Facility
266 S Orange Ave
Newark, NJ 07103
New Grove Manor
101 North Grove Street
East Orange, NJ 07017
New Vista
300 Broadway
Newark, NJ 07104
Newark Health And Ecf
65 Jay Street
Newark, NJ 07103
Park Crescent Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center
480 Parkway Drive
East Orange, NJ 07017
St Catherine Of Siena
7 Ryerson Avenue
Caldwell, NJ 07006
St Vincent’S Nursing Home
315 East Lindsley Road
Cedar Grove, NJ 07009
Stratford Manor Rehabilitation And Care Center
787 Northfield Ave
West Orange, NJ 07052
Summit Ridge Center
20 Summit Street
West Orange, NJ 07052
Van Dyk Manor Montclair
42 North Mountain Ave
Montclair, NJ 07042
Waterview Center
536 Ridge Road
Cedar Grove, NJ 07009
West Caldwell Cc
165 Fairfield Ave
West Caldwell, NJ 07006
White House Hlthcr & Rehab Ctr
560 Berkeley Avenue
Orange, NJ 07050
Windsor Gardens Care Center
140 Park Ave
East Orange, NJ 07017
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