![]() The attorney general also says it may have also contributed to a high number of deaths at the height of the coronavirus pandemic when more than 160 residents were lost between March and June 2020 - nearly 100 of them from Covid-19 complications. That directly led to patient abuse, including the neglect of regular feeding and cleaning. It was around that time - beginning in 2017 - staffing at Cold Spring Hills was cut, James said. Philipson went on in 2019 to found Philosophy Care, a firm that provides services to nursing home facilities providing Alzheimer’s disease care, wound care, physical therapy and stroke recovery. SentosaCare built several nursing homes on Long Island as well as in New York City and upstate, including the Woodmere Rehabilitation & Health Care Center, where it reportedly invested $90 million in 2015. The working relationship between Landa and Philipson dates back to 1989, according to published reports, when they founded the Woodmere-based SentosaCare, at the time the state’s largest nursing home network. ![]() Landa also owns the Five Towns Premier Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Woodmere which is not part of the lawsuit. But representatives for the businessman say that while he is an investor in the Cold Spring Hills property in Woodbury, he doesn’t own the nursing home. Landa’s attorney, Howard Fensterman, did not return calls seeking comment. Many of the defendants are related to each other, while Bent Philipson owns 68 nursing homes nationwide, according to the suit, while Landa owns 100. Named in the suit along with Landa were: Cheskel Berkowitz, Rochel David, Esther Farkovitz, Leah Friedman, Joel Leifer, Avi Philipson, Bent Philipson, Chaim Zahler, Chaya Zahler, David Zahler, Jacob Zahler, Joel Zupnick, and the estate of Deborah Philipson. “Cold Spring Hills’ owners put profits over patient care, and left vulnerable New Yorkers to live in heartbreaking and inhumane conditions,” James said, in a release, adding its owners allegedly received $157 million from Medicaid programs and $88 million from Medicare between 20. James also alleges Cold Spring paid $5.2 million to several other entities for what was described as “consulting,” and that another $2 million was part of a fraudulent promissory note scheme. James is suing Cold Spring Realty for financial fraud, claiming the group pocketed $22.5 million through three illegal schemes with Medicaid and Medicare money that was intended to care for Cold Spring residents. James is focused on the Woodmere resident’s Woodbury facility Landa is involved with - Cold Spring Hills Center for Nursing & Rehabilitation - which she claims a group, including Landa, redirected $15.3 million from Medicaid and Medicare programs into the organization that owns it. The administrator, according to James, ignored her daughter’s complaint.īenjamin Landa is facing a lawsuit filed by state Attorney General Letitia James claiming he and a dozen other people misappropriated more than $22 million. Her daughter noticed her nails on her right paralyzed hand were so long, they caused abrasions inside her hand. Over the course of her five-month stay, she was given only three showers, according to the attorney general, and was left unchanged for hours. One woman was admitted after suffering a stroke and losing her ability to walk and speak. The patient reportedly told his wife, “They tried to kill me at Cold Spring Hills.” ![]() Medical files revealed that he had a pre-existing Stage 3 pressure sore, which developed into Stage 4 at the facility. During his stay, according to Letitia James’s office, he lost 30 pounds and his injuries did not heal. One resident was admitted after a car crash, to regain his mobility. His family was not informed of his condition or when he died. ![]() Parts of his toes had to be amputated, according to the attorney general, and when he returned from the hospital to the facility, he died. The patient dragged his feet, which developed sores. One diabetic resident was having difficulty walking, and was given a wheelchair without footrests. The state attorney general’s office collected stories of alleged abuse and neglect from family members of residents of Cold Spring Hills Center for Nursing & Rehabilitation in Woodbury. ![]()
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