Category: Nursing Home Abuse

The phone call came at 2 PM on a Tuesday. Your mother had been asking for you all morning, but when you arrived at Sunset Manor, the staff member at the front desk shook her head. “Sorry, no visitors today. Facility policy.” Your heart sank as you heard your mother’s voice echoing down the hallway, calling your name. If this

New Jersey elder financial exploitation happens when someone a senior trusts takes their money, property, or access to accounts without permission. It can come from a caregiver, a family member, an agent under a power of attorney, or a stranger who wins the senior’s confidence. State law treats this conduct as a form of theft, and in many cases the

New Jersey nursing homes must keep residents’ living spaces free of accident hazards, assess every resident for fall risk, and build fall prevention steps into each resident’s care plan. These duties come from state licensing rules and, for facilities that take Medicare or Medicaid, federal law. When a facility skips these steps and a resident falls, that gap can be