Public-run facilities are ranked lower than private nursing homes, but some supporters praise the care.
Joan Grimes of Rockaway in Morris County wasn’t satisfied with the private nursing home where her husband was living. The place looked magnificent. Its main lounge featured a fireplace, piano and chandelier. Patients’ rooms were carpeted. The halls were decorated with paintings. But Grimes felt her husband, who has Alzheimer’s disease, wasn’t getting enough medical attention. "I’m a nurse, so I kind of know what’s supposed to happen," she said. Grimes asked her doctor to suggest another place. When he mentioned Morris View, she was not sure that was such a good idea. After all, Morris View is owned by Morris County and county-owned nursing homes come with somewhat of a stigma. That was more than two years ago and Grimes is glad she …
Officials considered seeking buyers 80-year-old Montgomery Care Center. But advocates for seniors worry about the lack of a safety net for patients many private nursing homes don't want to serve.
Built on hillsides, near streams, or in other picturesque locations, county-run nursing homes once stood as monuments to local governments’ ability to care for people in need. But that was long ago. Now they stand as targets. New Jersey’s county-owned nursing homes routinely operate at multimillion-dollar deficits that make it more and more difficult for county executives and freeholders to fulfill campaign promises to hold the line on taxes. And the fiscal outlook for the facilities continues to worsen with ongoing cuts in Medicaid and new state-imposed budget restrictions. Meanwhile, the number of private-owned nursing homes in New Jersey has grown in recent decades to more than 300, and almost all of them have vacant beds. Increasingly…
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Daniel Buckfire
3:56 pm on Friday, November 2, 2012
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