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Financial exploitation of a nursing home resident is the improper use of an older adult’s money, property or assets by someone in a position of trust. In a care facility that usually means staff, an administrator, a visitor, or occasionally another resident. New Jersey’s Residents’ Rights Act (N.J.S.A. 30:13-1 et

When a nursing home resident dies because of neglect, New Jersey law provides two separate claims, and families need both. The Wrongful Death Act (N.J.S.A. 2A:31-1 et seq.) compensates surviving family members for the pecuniary losses they suffer as a result of the death. The Survival Act (N.J.S.A. 2A:15-3) allows

A fall in a New Jersey nursing home becomes a negligence claim when the facility identified the resident as a fall risk, was required to implement a care plan addressing it, and failed to follow that plan. Falls are the leading cause of injury death among older adults, and a

Reporting nursing home abuse in New Jersey runs through two agencies: the Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman, reachable at 1-877-582-6995, which investigates complaints involving residents aged 60 and over, and the Department of Health, reachable at 1-800-792-9770, which licenses facilities and can issue citations and fines. Both accept

The New Jersey Nursing Home Responsibilities and Rights of Residents Act (N.J.S.A. 30:13-1 et seq.) gives nursing home residents a defined set of legal rights and, under N.J.S.A. 30:13-4.2, a private right of action to enforce them. That second provision is what families most often do not know: a resident