The troubled Menlo Park Veterans Memorial Home in Edison is facing more than $320,000 in fines stemming from violations that federal investigators found last summer. Those violations from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid include charges of improper care and abuse that put the lives of residents in “immediate jeopardy” and threatened a shutdown of the facility.
Several of the violations were addressed in December under a “mission-critical” response, that included a revamp of the leadership team and improvements to infection control strategies at the home. News of the latest fine comes just days after the state announced admissions to the nursing home had resumed, and the facility was deemed to be in “substantial compliance” with federal standards.
The Menlo Park home isn’t the only one facing fines; the state’s two other veterans homes are also facing thousands in fines since the start of the pandemic.
