{"id":232019,"date":"2025-09-16T19:19:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T19:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/232019\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T19:19:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T19:19:14","slug":"nyc-nursing-home-resident-beaten-to-death-by-95-year-old-dementia-patient-idd-as-holocaust-survivor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/232019\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC nursing home resident beaten to death by 95-year-old dementia patient ID’d as Holocaust survivor"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Coney Island nursing home resident allegedly beaten to death by a 95-year-old dementia patient<\/a> was ID\u2019d by police \u2013 as the victim\u2019s daughter remembered her as a Holocaust survivor who gave it all for her family.<\/p>\n

Nina Kravtsov, 89, was mortally injured when the unidentified fellow resident of Seagate Rehabilitation and Nursing Center bludgeoned her with a metal wheelchair piece just after 10 p.m. Sunday, according to cops and law enforcement sources.<\/p>\n

Kravstov \u2013 found lying in bed with a bleeding head wound \u2013 was rushed to NYU Brooklyn Hospital, where she was initially listed in critical condition, cops and sources said.<\/p>\n

Nina Kravtsov, 89, a Holocaust survivor from Ukraine, has been identified as the woman beaten to death by a fellow resident Sunday night inside the Seagate Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. Obtained by the NY Post<\/p>\n

She succumbed to her injuries several hours later, early Monday, cops said.<\/p>\n

\u201cRight now I\u2019m grieving\u2026.the circumstances of how [my mother] died,\u201d Kravtsov\u2019s daughter, Lucy Flom, told The Post when reached by phone Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Flom remembered her mother as a Holocaust survivor who sacrificed for the good of her loved ones.<\/p>\n

Kravtsov moved to the US so her daughter, Lucy Flom, could have a good education. Obtained by the NY Post<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was 5-years old when she was in the ghetto. She had a big family. She lost most of her family.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kravtsov launched a nursing career in Ukraine, where \u201ceverybody loved her,\u201d and she was also a teen mom, her daughter said.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe sacrificed a lot,\u201d Flom said. \u201cShe was a single mom. She had me when she was 18.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe came here to give me a good education,\u201d she added. \u201cShe was a very dedicated mother.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was a nice lady. She was like many moms \u2013 very loving, caring, devoted.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kravtsov also worked as a nurse in Ukraine, her daughter said. Obtained by the NY Post<\/p>\n

Flom said her mother later remarried as the daughter gained a stepbrother and stepsister.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was a mom to all of us,\u201d Flom said. \u201cWe are just grieving.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kravtsov also had many friends in Brighton Beach \u2013 where she lived for years \u2013 some of whom have since passed away, her daughter said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey all loved her,\u201d Flom said. \u201cI loved her, too.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kravtsov \u201cwas like many moms \u2013 very loving, caring, devoted,\u201d her daughter said.
\n Facebook\/Lucy Flom<\/p>\n

Kravtsov moved to the nursing home about 5 years ago after the death of her husband, her former neighbors in Brighton Beach told The Post.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe lived here for a very long time,\u201d one resident said. \u201cWhen her husband passed, she was living alone and her daughter took her to the nursing home.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kravtsov was mortally injured when a 95-year-old woman allegedly beat her with a metal wheelchair piece just after 10 p.m. Sunday inside the Seagate Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, cops and sources said. Kyle Mazza\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n

The older senior was hospitalized for an evaluation following the brutal attack, cops said. KYLE MAZZA\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n

Following the deadly attack, the older senior was taken to Coney Island Hospital for both a physical and psychiatric evaluation, sources said.<\/p>\n

She remained at the hospital Tuesday as cops conferred with the Brooklyn District Attorney\u2019s Office about what \u2013 if any \u2013 charges she should face, the sources said.<\/p>\n

The wheelchair piece she allegedly used in the brutal attack was lying on the pavement just outside the facility behind blue crime scene tape Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n

The metal wheelchair piece used in the attack could be seen on the ground outside the facility on Monday. Kyle Mazza\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Coney Island nursing home resident allegedly beaten to death by a 95-year-old dementia patient was ID\u2019d by…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":232020,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,4219,4221,5248,405,403,5226,5225,35675,5228,5227,17049,39006,67,586,132,5230,68,1154,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-232019","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-crime","10":"tag-homicide","11":"tag-metro","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-city","14":"tag-newyork","15":"tag-newyorkcity","16":"tag-nursing-homes","17":"tag-ny","18":"tag-nyc","19":"tag-police-investigations","20":"tag-senior-citizens","21":"tag-united-states","22":"tag-united-states-of-america","23":"tag-unitedstates","24":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","25":"tag-us","26":"tag-us-news","27":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115215595289025849","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232019\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}