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South Jersey Air Force Vet Named NJ Adjutant General, 1st Black Woman Heading National Guard
An Air Force veteran from Burlington County has been nominated as the next New Jersey Adjutant General, Gov. Phil Murphy announced. Effective Monday, July 1, Colonel Yvonne L. Mays of Lumberton Township also would become the state's first black woman in the state's history to head up the New Jersey National Guard. The opening as acting head of the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs comes after the departure of Major General Lisa J. Hou, who has accepted a new assignment as the director of the Office of the Joint Surgeon General, National Guard Bureau. The nomination is …
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NJ Veterans Homes Where Pandemic Deaths Soared Violated Residents' Civil Rights, Feds Find
UPDATE: State-run veterans homes in Paramus and Menlo Park violated the civil rights of their residents during the COVID pandemic and must correct policies and procedures going forward, federal authorities said Thursday. COVID killed more than 200 residents and staff at New Jersey's veterans’ homes, which was among the highest in the entire country. The pandemic claimed a total of 103 residents at the Memorial Veterans Home in Edison and 89 at the Paramus Veterans Memorial Home, according to New Jersey's Department of Health. The state to this point has paid nearly $70 million to settle la…
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Federal Inspection Finds More Issues At NJ Veteran's Home, Murphy Deploys Army To Help
An army of specialists were deployed by the Murphy administration to help combat health issues that riddle a New Jersey veteran's home. The "Mission Critical Team" members were deployed to the Menlo Park Veterans Memorial Home to "improve quality of care through mentoring, coaching, and sharing of operational and clinical best practices," the Murphy administration said in a release. The home is apparently "not in substantial compliance" and funding may be withheld for new admissions by the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services unless gaps in infection control and resident care …
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Veterans Home In Paramus, With 72 Dead, Suffers One Of Worst
Covid-
19 Outbreaks In U.S.
One of the places where you would've seen Tuesday’s military flyover saluting workers on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic in New Jersey was a veterans home in Paramus that's had one of the largest COVID-19 outbreaks in the nation. At last count, 72 deaths of those who proudly served the U.S. were reported at the state-run New Jersey Veterans Home at Paramus. More than half of New Jersey’s total coronavirus deaths have been reported at more than 500 nursing homes – nearly 4,200 in all -- which far exceeds any other state. Many, however, consider such a high number at what is …
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Coronavirus Ravages Paramus Veterans Home
Of the 34 Paramus Veterans Home residents who died in the last two weeks, coronavirus caused 10 but ruled out for the other 24, a spokesman for the state Department of Military and Veterans Affairs said Thursday. Twenty-three residents of he home tested positive for coronavirus while 47 are waiting results. There are 17 staff members who tested positive and 20 awaiting results. Four people died last week at a veterans home in Menlo Park (Edison) last week. Approximately 150 veterans home residents die each year, averaging 12 per month, state Department of Military and Veterans Affairs spok…
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