GUILDERLAND — The Grand Rehabilitation and Nursing at Guilderland is once again facing a lawsuit from a family member of a former resident. 

In a suit filed on Sept. 16, Kathleen Ogborn, the administrator of the estate of Robert Ogborn Sr., claims The Grand along with the Delmar Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing, and Albany Medical Center failed to adhere to federal statutes governing long-term care standards.

The suit claims the providers “were negligent, reckless, and careless in care and services provided to [Ogborn Sr.].” And that this “negligent, reckless, and careless conduct” contributed to Ogborn’s “risks for skin breakdown, and/or infections, and/or the development and/or worsening thereof.”

The suit claims that, between March and November 2022, injuries sustained by Ogborn Sr. included but weren’t limited to:

— The development and/or worsening of bed sores;

— Infections; 

— Conscious pain and suffering; and 

— The deprivation of dignity and rights.

The suit “demands judgment against the Defendants, jointly and severally, in a sum that exceeds the jurisdictional limitations of all lower courts which would otherwise have jurisdiction, for compensatory damages, along with the costs and disbursements of this action.”

Albany Medical Center told The Enterprise it could not “comment on matters pertaining to pending litigation.” Delmar Center’s spokesman, Jeff Jacomowitz, said in a statement, “We cannot comment at this time due to the matter being an active litigation.” The Grand did not return a request for comment prior to publication.

In July, a lawsuit was filed by the daughter of a woman who died after a brief stay at the nursing home. In that suit, Lindsey Giagni, administrator of her mother, Laura Hallenbeck’s estate, is seeking a jury trial and no less than $10 million in damages. 

The suit alleges that Hallenbeck contracted a urinary tract infection in mid- to late December of 2021, “which went negligently undiagnosed.” It goes on to allege she suffered from “improper hygiene practices, improper bathing practices, improper changing and dressing practice, improper evaluation and reevaluation procedures.”

The undiagnosed urinary tract infection “progressed worse and worse,” the suit alleges, and by early to mid-December, Mrs. Hallenbeck developed pneumonia, “which went negligently undiagnosed.”

Her health declined, the suit says, with “increased symptoms of pain in the abdomen, pelvic area and lower back, urinary incontinence, confusion and brain fog, nausea, fatigue and anxiety, as well as other symptoms of pneumonia.”

Hallenbeck died in December 2021.