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]
Articles
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2 weeks ago |
northjersey.com | Jean Rimbach |Ashley Balcerzak
The bills fail to address an investigations system rife with conflicts and take a narrow view of a complex problem. In place of action, two years of study is baked into the reforms, which offer little in the way of additional funding. Burns and broken bones. Understaffed homes and persistent medication errors. Preventable deaths and basic needs such as food and cleanliness ignored.
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2 weeks ago |
eu.app.com | Jean Rimbach |Ashley Balcerzak
Companies don't always meet residents' basic needs, despite receiving yearly payments for each person that can top $500,000. People with disabilities don’t always get food, water, medicineThe state investigates only 2% of the roughly 14,000 concerns reported each year about group homes — only the worst cases, such as broken bones, burns or a collapsed lung. New Jersey rarely uses its existing powers to keep companies in check.
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3 weeks 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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3 weeks 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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3 weeks 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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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