Sobering story from the New York Post:
Bruce Springsteen guitarist Nils Lofgren sues New Jersey nursing home
The mother-in-law of the guitarist for Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, contracted the coronavirus at an upscale nursing home in Morris County, New Jersey, according to a lawsuit filed last week.
Rocker Nils Lofgren and his wife Amy moved her mother, Patricia J. Landers, into Brookdale Senior Living in Florham Park where the home had promised the family 24-hour security and a staff trained to deal with residents who have dementia.
Landers, 83, “left unattended escaped” the facility in the middle of the night for hours on April 8, says the lawsuit, and was eventually located by police officers — three miles away, bruised and confused.
After she returned to the facility, the family was told she tested negative for the coronavirus.
A week later, Landers was admitted to a hospital in Montclair, where she tested positive for COVID-19 and was suffering from pneumonia.
Landers is now recovering and has been transferred to another facility.
Rope. Tree. Some assembly required. This level of negligence is unconcionable.
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