Southington Nursing Home Facing Fine

SOUTHINGTON, CT — A Southington nursing home has been fined more than $1,500 by the state Department of Public Health in connection with residents who fell, broke bones or received the wrong medication, according to the latest report by the Connecticut Health I-Team.

On June 27, The Summit at Plantsville in Southington was fined $1,840 in connection with the care of two residents. DPH’s citation said the home waited six hours on July 19, 2015 to send a resident with declining vital signs to a hospital.

The home was also cited for a medication error on June 26, 2015 when a licensed practical nurse gave a chemotherapy drug used to treat leukemia to the wrong resident, the citation said. The resident was monitored and found to have no ill effects from the mistake, the citation said.

See the full report here.