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$6.2M Settlement Reached After Deadly Outbreak At NJ Nursing Home Kills 11, Sickens 35 $6.2M Settlement Reached After Deadly Outbreak At NJ Nursing Home Kills 11, Sickens 35
$6.2M Settlement Reached After Deadly Outbreak At NJ Nursing Home Kills 11, Sickens 35 A $6.2 million settlement was reached for 13 families including several who had children die due to a viral outbreak at a New Jersey healthcare facility in 2018. Thirty-five children were infected and 11 died of the adenovirus at the Wanaque Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation, accused in a wrongful death suit of failing to immediately notify families of the virus, NJ Advance Media reports. The home is accused of waiting too long to transfer the kids to the hospital -- even at families' requests. The healthcare center was fined $600,000 by the US Centers for Medicare and Medica…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Coronavirus Kills 8 Patients At Passaic County Nursing Home, Infects Many More, Mayor Says Coronavirus Kills 8 Patients At Passaic County Nursing Home, Infects Many More, Mayor Says
Coronavirus Kills 8 Patients At Passaic County Nursing Home, Infects Many More, Mayor Says The coronavirus has killed eight patients at one Wanaque nursing home and infected many more there and at another in town, officials said. Staff members and others at the Lakeland Nursing Home on Fifth Avenue in Haskell were being treated there after being infected, Wanaque Mayor Dan Mahler said. “Most of this occurred over the past few days,” Mahler said in a Sunday night letter to residents (see below). No deaths were reported at the Wanaque Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation, he said, adding that “it was reported to me that 10 persons were infected” there. The outbreaks “were likel…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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9 NJ Nursing Homes Among Hundreds Of Underperforming Facilities In U.S. 9 NJ Nursing Homes Among Hundreds Of Underperforming Facilities In U.S.
9 NJ Nursing Homes Among Hundreds Of Underperforming Facilities In U.S. Nine nursing homes long riddled with problems were named to a list of hundreds in the U.S. that medical officials are keeping close eyes on. The facilities on the list are candidates for “Special Focus Facilities” by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), with two already designated SFF homes.  The designated SFF nursing homes are New Grove Manor in East Orange and Riverfront Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center in Pennsauken. The nine candidates all have had a history of serious quality issues and are being included in a special program to stimulate improve…

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by Cecilia Levine