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This old age home was hardly the “lap” of luxury.

A caregiver at a New Jersey nursing home gave an 84-year-old man an unwanted “lap dance” — and he died several weeks later after the facility failed to properly feed him, his family says in a lawsuit.

Fred Pittman, a patient at Cumberland Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Hopewell Township, was allegedly abused by a worker who pulled the stripper move on him sometime between Jan. 23 and Feb. 14, 2018, according to a lawsuit filed in New Jersey Superior Court.

The center allowed “a staff member to sit on decedent’s lap,” “perform a simulated lap-dance” and behave in a “fashion to otherwise embarrass and humiliate decedent,” according to the suit, which was filed Dec. 30.

Meanwhile, the facility neglected to feed, hydrate and treat his medical conditions, according to the wrongful death lawsuit.

Pittman suffered from malnutrition, sepsis and bedsores — leading to his death on March 2, 2018, his family alleges. They claim staffers failed to prevent and treat his injuries, manage his pain and follow a physician’s orders.

The lawsuit notes Pittman’s passing was “untimely,” but doesn’t cite a cause of death. His obituary states that he passed away after a “brief illness.”

“His medical condition degraded quite rapidly within that building,” the family’s attorney, David Cohen, told NJ.com.

He admitted the claim was investigated by the state, which didn’t find enough evidence to prove the lap dance, “[but] the family is very firm in their belief that it did in fact happen,” he said.

A rep for the nursing home told The Post family’s complaint isn’t credible.

“The complaints of this particular family have been investigated by regulators and found to be unsubstantiated. We will defend any litigation as appropriate and will have no further comments,” said nursing home administrator Steve Brodt.

Pittman was a former Mennonite minister who ran a restaurant and a plumbing company, according to the obituary.

The lawsuit seeks an unspecified amount of money from the privately owned facility.

His relatives didn’t return requests for comment Friday.

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