Politics & Government
Fairfield Nursing Home Fined for Resident's Injury
A resident sustained a cut that required 11 stitches while being transferred from a wheelchair to a bed.
Cambridge Health and Rehabilitation Center in Fairfield was one of six nursing homes recently fined by the state Department of Public Health.
Kate Farrish of the Connecticut Health I-Team reports Cambridge Health was fined $1,090 on Aug. 4 in connection with a resident who sustained a cut that required 11 stitches after being transferred from a wheelchair to a bed.
A nurse’s aide was cited for failing to use protective legwear when moving the resident, according to Farrish.
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Read the full report, including the nursing homes that were fined in connection to two residents who died and other that fell, the Connecticut Health I-Team website here.
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