An investigation by the state of New Jersey is accusing two nursing home facilities of fraud, waste and abuse.
The New Jersey Office of the State Comptroller released a report on Dec. 10, 2025, claiming that over a five year period, investigators accuse the owners of the Hammonton Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare and the Deptford Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare were purposefully understaffing the homes and neglecting their residents.
The bombshell investigation followed the two facilities between 2019 and 2024 and says that in those years, residents suffered in deplorable conditions.
The Comptroller’s Office says that the agencies were intentionally understaffed which led to residents being left in soiled diapers for hours, with medications missed and call bells going unanswered.
During the five year period of the investigation, local police departments were called 3,400 times.
Reports show that the two facilities received more than $134 million in Medicaid funding for patient care with the owners, Daryl Hagler and Kenneth Rozenberg, funneling $92 million to themselves.
The report also says that two residents were allegedly sexually assaulted and a third resident died.
Jeanette Moerman told NBC10 that her brother has been a resident at the Deptford center for two years and the warning signs were always there.
“The lack of care is awful,” Moerman said. “The beds seem disgusting and the bathrooms are gross. I don’t think they really do their laundry.”
From apparent staffing shortages, to unanswered calls and unsanitary living conditions, Moerman says that she is trying to get her brother out of the facility.
The state is now asking for $124 million in repayments.
NBC10 reached out to both nursing homes for comment and we were told to try again on Friday.