West Hartford Nursing Home Among 6 Fined By State

WEST HARTFORD, CT - Six Connecticut nursing homes have been fined for violations, as reported by C-HIT. Officials said two of these incidents resulted in the death of two residents.

The Reservoir in West Hartford was fined $3,000 after a resident died when staff did not administer CPR for the required period of time, according to C-HIT. Advanced Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation in New Haven was also fined $3,000 after a resident with acute kidney injury and other diagnoses died. (To sign up for West Hartford breaking news alerts and more, click here.)

The Villa at Stamford was fined $1,630 for two incidents involving a nurse's aid, including one in which an aide allegedly hit, pushed, pulled and yelled at a resident with dementia, C-HIT reported. In a separate incident, a resident suffered lacerations when an aid tried to turn the victim over while providing care.

Read the other nursing homes that were fined at C-HIT.

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