Ashley Balcerzak
Reporter at The Record (Bergen County)
Reporter at NorthJersey.com
NJ reporter covering affordable housing for @NorthJersey. Formerly @Publici, @OpenSecretsDC. Arizona native. Tips: [email protected]
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5 days ago |
eu.app.com | Jean Rimbach |Ashley Balcerzak
NJ group homes are not required to have nurses or other licensed medical professionals dispense medications or oversee their delivery. Many NJ group home residents have a complex mix of prescriptions for their physical and behavioral needs. There were 1,620 confirmed cases of medication errors and medication going missing in NJ group homes from 2019 to 2024. Katherine Anne Moronski was excited about the next phase of her life.
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5 days ago |
app.com | Ashley Balcerzak |Jean Rimbach
Workers on the front lines of NJ’s group home system provide critical care amid chronic understaffing, low pay, and a lack of preparation and support that puts them – and residents – in jeopardy. Direct support professionals provide care to NJ group home residents including feeding, bathing, dispensing medication, helping them use the bathroom and bringing them to doctor's appointments.
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5 days ago |
northjersey.com | Ashley Balcerzak |Jean Rimbach
Workers on the front lines of NJ’s group home system provide critical care amid chronic understaffing, low pay, and a lack of preparation and support that puts them – and vulnerable residents – in jeoDirect support professionals provide care to NJ group home residents including feeding, bathing, dispensing medication, helping them use the bathroom and bringing them to doctor's appointments.
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1 week ago |
northjersey.com | Ashley Balcerzak |Jean Rimbach
NorthJersey.com spent over a year identifying people with disabilities who died while under group home care, by combing through obituaries, talking to families and reviewing thousands of documents. What emerged were stories of people who choked to death or wandered perilously into traffic unsupervised. People who suffered bedsores, dehydration and malnutrition. Fourteen.
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1 week ago |
northjersey.com | Ashley Balcerzak |Jean Rimbach
A NorthJersey.com investigation into group homes for people with developmental disabilities included interviews with hundreds of family members, staff, providers, experts, advocates and residentsReporters analyzed more than 1,000 lawsuits against the companies that run the state-licensed group homes and supervised apartments for people with developmental disabilities.
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Hidden at Home: Alarming questions, few state investigations of NJ group home deaths https://t.co/x8hRbNlmqh
RT @davelevinthal: One hell of an investigation here by @abalcerzak and @JeanRimbach of @NorthJersey https://t.co/dbxlmzCT0T