The state’s charges in May against the provider, Elwyn, came around the same time another state agency took the uncommon action of banning Elwyn from accepting new group home residents.

In a rare move, the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General brought neglect charges against one of the state’s largest operators of group homes for adults with developmental disabilities — and six of its employees — after workers allegedly left a resident on the floor for nearly seven hours without offering assistance.

The state’s charges in May against the provider, Elwyn, came around the same time another state agency took the uncommon action of banning Elwyn from accepting new group home residents amid state concerns about staff shortages and deaths . Elwyn has 51 group homes in New Jersey that can

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