Morris Co. Nursing Home Death Toll Rising In Coronavirus Crisis

Long Valley NJ

01 May, 2020

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MORRIS COUNTY, NJ - The latest update from state officials breaking down the impact of the new coronavirus, or COVID-19, pandemic in nursing home and long-term care facilities has shown an increase in infections and a rising death toll in Morris County. New Jersey Coronavirus Updates: Don't miss local and statewide announcements about novel coronavirus precautions. Sign up for Patch alerts and daily newsletters. The state has a dashboard set up that tracks the number of cases statewide, including how many cases and fatalities involve long-term care facilities. The 1,179 cases are spread among the 41 impacted facilities. Last week, only 26 long-term care facilities had reported infections. There have been 272 deaths at these facilities as reported by the New Jersey Department of Health on Monday. Last week the report had 156. The largest outbreak in Morris County remains at the Lincoln Park Care Center. The report shows 163 cases, up from 116es were logged there and out of those there were 48 deaths, up from 29. According to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services records, the Lincoln Park Care Center carries an overall four star above average rating. The facility holds an average health inspection rating with lower citations than the New Jersey average and an average staffing rating. Their quality measures rating earned top marks with five stars. They were last fined $8,297 in March of 2019. Here are the facilities in Morris County that have patients positive for the coronavirus, followed by the deaths that have happened at those facilities. The list of facilities was provided by the state Department of Health; there may be discrepancies due to a delay in communications between the facilities and the state: Brookdale Florham Park Florham Park Boro, 8, 0Merry Heart Nursing Home Roxbury Twp, 9, 0Spring Hills of Morristown Morristown, 3,0Garden Terrace Nursing Home Chatham Boro, 7, 0The Oaks at Denville Denville, 4, 0CareOne at Morris Assisted Living Parsippany, 6, 0The Oaks at Denville Denville, 17, 1Sunrise of Madison Madison Boro, 13, 1Sunrise Assisted Living of Morris Plains Morris Plains, 3, 1Heath Village Hackettstown, 28, 2Cedar Crest Senior Living Community Pequannock, 11, 2Sunrise of Randolph Randolph, 7, 2Arbor Terrace Morris Plain Morris Plains, 11, 2Bentley Commons at Paragon Village Hackettstown, 10, 3Pine Acres Healthcare and Rehab/Convalescent Center Madison Boro, 42, 3Country Home Parsippany-Troy Hills, 4, 3Troy Hills Center Parsippany-Troy Hills, 26, 4Fox Trail Memory Care Living Montville Montville, 12, 4Fox Trail Memory Care Living Chester Chester Twp, 10, 4Arden Courts of Whippany Hanover Twp, 9, 4Victoria Mews Assisted Living Boonton Twp, 52, 4The Villa at Florham Park Pequannock, 12, 5Juniper Village at Chatham Chatham Twp, 51, 6Mt. Arlington Senior Living Mt Arlington Boro, 20, 6Cedar Crest/Mountainview Gardens Pompton Plains, 26, 6Weston Assisted Living Residence Hanover Twp, 15, 7Regency Grande Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Dover, 30, 7Boonton Care Center Boonton Twp, 11, 7Brightview Randolph LLC Randolph, 24, 8Morristown Post Acute Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Morristown, 65, 10Morris View Healthcare Center Morris Twp, 54, 11Lincoln Park Renaissance and Villas at JDT Lincoln Park, 20, 11Holly Manor Center Mendham Boro, 56, 13Chatham Hills Subacute Care Center Chatham Twp, 51, 13New Jersey Firemen's Home Boonton Town, 38, 14CareOne at Madison Avenue Morristown, 74, 15Brighton Gardens of Florham Park Florham Park Boro, 56, 21CareOne at Morris Parsippany-Troy Hills, 105, 24Lincoln Park Care Center Lincoln Park, 163, 48 Statewide, 18,045 cases of the coronavirus have been identified at 489 long-term care facilities. There have been 3,247 deaths at these facilities, with the most egregious case documented at the Andover Subacute & Rehab Center Two, where police removed 17 bodies from the facility last week. Read more here:'Makeshift Morgue' Nursing Home In NJ Had Violations, Complaints Thanks for reading! Learn more about posting announcements or events to your local Patch site. Have a news tip you'd like to share? Or maybe you have a press release you would like to submit or a correction you'd like to request? Send an email to [email protected] Subscribe to your local Patch newsletter. You can also have them delivered to your phone screen by downloading, or by visiting the Google Play store.