Fight on N.J. nursing home crisis turns political: ‘If this was an animal shelter, there would be an uproar.’
Updated Mar 05, 2021;
Posted Mar 05, 2021
The Republican caucus decided to press ahead with its own hearings after being rebuffed on a special committee to examine New Jersey s nursing home crisis.Andre Malok | NJ Advance Media
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It’s not going to be a bipartisan effort.
The crisis in the state’s nursing homes is turning into a political issue, with the minority Republicans holding their own virtual hearings, months after the Democratic-controlled Legislature promised to hold a post-mortem on what happened.
As COVID ravaged N.J. veterans homes, why were dozens of workers suspended with pay?
Updated Mar 02, 2021;
Posted Feb 25, 2021
Susan Ivanitski, at a candlelight vigil, holds a photo of her husband who died from COVID-19 while a resident at Menlo Park Veterans Memorial Home. Patti Sapone | NJ Advance Media
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As the deadly pandemic swept through New Jersey’s beleaguered veterans homes, the facilities were left dangerously short of help because scores of nurses and others who were sick and or scared did not come to work.
But internal emails obtained by NJ Advance Media show that while administrators were desperately seeking to hire temporary workers, more than two dozen staff members were mysteriously suspended over still-unspecified allegations of abuse or neglect that apparently could not be substantiated. Unable to be fired, they were paid to stay home and told not to come to work.