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Medical Malpractice In A Brooklyn Nursing Home
There are over 100,000 nursing home residents living in over 600 nursing homes in New York State. These nursing home residents are often frail, elderly, and unable to take care of their basic needs. Sometimes, they cannot even speak out when they are neglected or abused. Their health and well-being depends on the quality of care they receive from the nursing home.
New York's Enforcement Responsibilities
- New York State has 667 nursing homes with 113,780 residents. The Medicaid program pays for the care of 84,353 of these residents. The Medicare program pays for the care of 12,079 of these residents.
- Under a 1987 federal law, nursing homes that receive Medicaid or Medicare funds must comply with federal health and safety standards.
Theresa LaMacchia, a family member from Brooklyn, New York, had a similar experience. Her mother was a resident of a nursing home in Brooklyn, New York. In 1999, her mother was placed on a feeding tube and became so dehydrated that she was sent to a hospital. The doctor at the hospital told Ms. LaMacchia to get her mother out of that nursing home because the home almost caused her death. Ms. LaMacchia called the Department of Health on July 14, 1999, to complain about the treatment. After not hearing any news for a few weeks, she called again on July 30. She was told that her complaint had been "misplaced" and that they had no record of it. She filed it again. In November, she was told that the state inspectors were not able to validate her complaint.
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