New Jersey Caregiver Resources

This year, one of AARP New Jersey's priorities is ensuring the health and safety of seniors in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In New Jersey, there have been more than 7,300 deaths of residents and staff in nursing homes and long-term care facilities. Thus far, Governor Murphy has enacted six bills to reform long-term care.

Caregivers - below, you'll find resources to ask questions, file complaints, and learn about the changes that have been made in long-term care facilities since the pandemic began.

Contact Information - New Jersey Officials
File complaints or misconduct reports about nursing homes and long-term care facilities to the following:

The New Jersey Office of Long-Term Care Ombudsman

• 1-877-582-6995

• ombudsman@ltco.nj.gov

New Jersey Department of Health - Complaints

• 1-800-792-9770

• web.doh.state.nj.us/fc/search.aspx

NJ Attorney General – Long-Term Care Facility Misconduct Report

• covid19.nj.gov/forms/ltc

Tips and Tricks for Caregivers
A list of AARP resources to take care of yourself, your loved ones and each other during the COVID-19 pandemic:

• AARP NJ Family Resource Guide
  

• Long-Term Care Reform During the Pandemic
  

• How to Take Care of Your Mental Health

• How to Build Resilience From the Stress of the Coronavirus

• How Caregivers Can Help Other Caregivers During the Pandemic

• What to Do If You Have Coronavirus and No Caregiver to Help

For more articles and resources about caregiving during the COVID-19 pandemic, visit AARP.org/caregiving.