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Anyone know who to speak with when care is not happening to a loved one in a facility when during this whole pandemic you know they are being neglected?
My mother's AL pulled the plug on her camera in her apt after 2 1/2 years. I can't see anything now. What should I do?
New Jersey Did Not Ensure That Incidents of Potential Abuse or Neglect of Medicaid Beneficiaries Residing in Nursing Facilities Were Always Properly Investigated and Reported
08-19-2020 | A-02-18-01006 | Complete Report | Report in Brief
Why OIG Did This Audit
This audit report is one of a series of OIG reports that addresses the identification, reporting, and investigation of incidents of potential abuse and neglect of our Nation's most vulnerable populations, including Medicaid beneficiaries in nursing facilities.
Nursing facility residents are at increased risk of abuse and neglect when healthcare professionals and caregivers fail to report abuse, or when incidents of potential abuse or neglect are not acted upon in a timely manner.
Our objective was to determine whether New Jersey ensured that incidents of potential abuse or neglect of Medicaid beneficiaries residing in nursing facilities in New Jersey were properly reported and investigated in accordance with applicable Federal and State requirements.
How OIG Did This Audit
Our audit covered 4,402 hospital claims with selected diagnosis codes for Medicaid beneficiaries who resided in nursing facilities in New Jersey and were transferred during calendar year (CY) 2016 to a hospital setting. We reviewed a stratified random sample of 103 of these claims. For each claim, we reviewed hospital and nursing facility records with New Jersey officials to determine whether the claims resulted from an incident of potential abuse or neglect.
What OIG Found
New Jersey did not ensure that nursing facilities always investigated and reported incidents of potential abuse or neglect to the State in accordance with Federal and State requirements. Of the 103 claims in our sample, 79 claims were not the result of potential abuse or neglect; therefore, nursing facilities were not required to report the incident to the State. Of the remaining 24 claims, 10 claims were the result of potential abuse or neglect that should have been reported to the State. However, 5 of the 10 claims were not properly investigated and reported to the State. For the other 14 claims, nursing facilities did not provide documentation, or their records did not contain sufficient documentation for State officials to determine whether the incident should have been investigated and reported. These deficiencies occurred because nursing facility staff did not follow requirements for investigating and reporting potential incidents of abuse or neglect. In addition, New Jersey did not have adequate survey procedures for ensuring that nursing facilities documented all such incidents.
Based on our sample results, we estimated that 311 Medicaid hospital claims with selected diagnosis codes resulted from incidents of potential abuse or neglect at a nursing facility in New Jersey during CY 2016. Of this amount, we estimated that 220 claims were the result of potential abuse or neglect that the nursing facilities did not investigate and report to the State. In addition, we estimated that, for 616 claims, the associated beneficiary's nursing facility did not have records to sufficiently document the circumstances of the beneficiary's injuries or condition that led to the hospital transfer so that State officials could determine whether the incident was the result of potential abuse or neglect.
I am an independent recruiter from ViewFinders in NY. We are looking to speak with NJ SENIORS on MONDAY, October 5th 8:00pm ONLINE. You must have a computer (not phone or tablet) You must be registered to vote in NJ and be from WARREN, HUNTERDON, SOMERSET, UNION, ESSEX or MORRIS county. To thank you for your help you will recive a $100 tango gift card for 90 minutes of your time.
Here are the qualifying zipcodes but the ones
listed below have to be confirmed through the
link with their address
08802; 07920; 08558;07930;07920;08865;07041;07934;
07081;07090;07836;07016;07922;07027;07033;07059;
07066;07069; 07078; 07092; 07803; 07828; 07830; 07847; 07850; 07852;
07853;07856;07857; 07870;07876;07901;07921;07933;07939;
07946;07974;07977;07979;07980;08502;08551;08553;08559;
08602;08801;08804;08807;08808;08809;08821;08822;08825;
08826;08829;08833;08836;08844;08848;08853;08858;08867;08869;
08876;08886;08887;08889
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June 3, 2020...My post to Governor Phil Murphy about Long Term Care Facilities in NJ
My mom has been asympotmatic CoVid positive for 21 days now. Her just over 100 bed LTC facility has had 84 positive residents, 44 positive employees and 28 resident deaths. She suffers from Alzheimer's but otherwise is physically healthy. My sister and I are all she has and we have not seen her since March 11. She came to the US at the age of 29 from Italy when she married our father. This hideous Alzheimer's Disease has caused her to lose all her English language and she has reverted back to only Italian. No one in the facility speaks Italian. My sister and I would take turns visiting her daily from outside her window to engage with her and be together. Please, I beg you, please let us see our Mom again. Just today she started not to eat. She is lonely and scared. She is worse than a prisoner kept in her room now for almost three solid months with no fresh air, no sunshine. Please do something for us and all the other families of loved ones suffering because they can't see their loved ones.
August 8, 2020...
Just found out this morning that this "agency" actually existed. What exactly has Ms. Laurie Facciarossa Brewer been doing? Why hasn't she been included in Murphy's daily briefings???? I have no one in a LTC, but it breaks my heart to hear the horror stories that have happened and continue to happen.
I want my bones. 0 Fixed please help in pain daily.
"Changing the Narrative" is an innovative Colorado initiative to combat ageism and to encourage employers to hire older workers. This culture change work is needed in every state.
New Bridge Medical Center (Paramus) is hosting a free event next Tuesday evening to discuss issues relevant to LGBTQ seniors and their families, including important advice about Medicaid and estate planning. More information here:
Another pointless government entity.
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