Meriden Nursing Home Fined, Nurse Aide Fired For Resident's Fall

MERIDEN, CT — Apple Rehab Coccomo in Meriden was fined $6,120 by the state Department of Public Health and a nurse aide was fired after a resident fell while being transferred, according to the Connecticut Health I-Team.

Cara Rosner of the Connecticut Health I-Team reports the resident suffered several fractures after falling when the nurse aide tried to move the resident from a wheelchair to a toilet without help. The resident’s care plan called for two-staff assistance with all transfers and the nurse aide was fired for twice violating the plan, according to Rosner.

Read more details, and see the other nursing homes in the state recently fined by the DPH, at the Connecticut Health I-Team website here.