A woman who worked at a Sussex County nursing home where authorities found bodies piled up in a makeshift morgue last year died from complications of COVID-19 last year because the home failed to provide proper protective gear, her family alleges in a lawsuit filed this week.
The home, Andover Subacute and Rehabilitation I and II in Andover Township, was criticized in a scathing federal report last year that determined lack of proper care has caused or was likely to cause serious injury or death to residents.” One of the state s largest nursing homes, with two facilities next to each other, it had beds for more than 700 patients.
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A woman who worked at a Sussex County nursing home where authorities found bodies piled up in a makeshift morgue last year died from complications of COVID-19 last year because the home failed to provide proper protective gear, her family alleges in a lawsuit filed this week.
The home, Andover Subacute and Rehabilitation I and II in Andover Township, was criticized in a scathing federal report last year that determined lack of proper care has caused or was likely to cause serious injury or death to residents.” One of the state s largest nursing homes, with two facilities next to each other, it had beds for more than 700 patients.
Frail people, deadly care
Updated on Feb 05, 2021;
Published on Feb 04, 2021
Bettejane Jaeger over the years. Her daughters question the care she received in her final days. Courtesy of Jaeger family | NJ Advance Media photo illustration
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Glenn Osborne, a 66-year-old retired Marine Corps sergeant and Vietnam veteran, is on a battlefield. Every day, the casualties mount.
From his powered wheelchair at the troubled state-operated Veterans Memorial Home in Menlo Park, Osborne says he has witnessed the suffering of far too many fellow nursing home residents as they lay pale, barely breathing. Some, he said, are left in soiled diapers.