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This long-term care home is a "for-profit" 60-certified bed center providing care and services to residents of Avon and Hartford County, Connecticut. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility is located at:
220 Scoville Road
Avon, Connecticut 06001
(860) 673-3265
Apple Rehabilitation Avon
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, Apple Rehabilitation Avon offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-term and long term care.
The facility also provides comprehensive rehab services, wound care, cardio-pulmonary care, IV (intervenous) care, trach care, pain management, respite, dementia and memory care, and physical, occupational, and speech therapies.
Fined $9,692 for substandard care
Both the federal government and the state of Connecticut can impose monetary fines or deny payments through Medicare of any nursing facility that has been found to have violated the established nursing home rules and regulations.
Within the last three years, federal investigators imposed a monetary fine against Apple Rehabilitation Avon for $9,692 on April 18, 2018, citing substandard care. This nursing home received three complaints and self-reported one serious issue over the last thirty-six months that resulted in violation citations.
Additional information concerning the facility can be reviewed on the comprehensive Connecticut Department of Social Services Adult Protective Services Website.
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Your family can visit Medicare.gov and the Connecticut Department of Public Health website to obtain a complete list of all violations, citations, and deficiencies identified by investigators and surveyors.
According to Medicare, this facility maintains an overall rating of one out of five stars, including one out of five stars concerning health inspections, three out of five stars for staffing issues, and four out of five stars for quality measures.
The state investigators determined the nursing home "failed to follow the resident’s Plan of Care, resulting in a fall or [failed] to prevent a potential accident.” The investigation involved a resident without cognitive impairment who “requires extensive assistance of two or more staff for physical assistance with transfers, toilet use, and personal hygiene.”
The resident’s Care Plan identified the resident as “at risk for falls secondary to many falls with and without injury in the past, multiple risk factors such as impaired balance, decreased strength, and impaired gait due to bilateral foot and hammertoe deformities.”
A Reportable Event dated May 20, 2019, identified that the Nurse Aide was assisting the resident with “transferring from the wheelchair to the toilet.” The resident “started to fall, and the Nurse Aide eased the resident to the floor.”
The facility investigation involving the resident indicated that “the resident was non-ambulatory and could not bear weight, and indicated the resident was transferred without the benefit of two staff members [according to] the Plan of Care.”
A late entry Nurse’s Note indicated that the resident did not hit their head but “was lying on the bathroom floor on his/her back. After a full assessment with no concerns noted, the resident was transferred from the floor to his/her bed by three staff members via a Hoyer lift. No complaints of pain or discomfort were noted at the time of the assessment.”
The facility “failed to ensure weekly assessments and interventions [were implemented] to prevent the development of a pressure ulcer.”
The state investigators reviewed the resident’s clinical record dated January 9, 2018, through January 22, 2018. The documentation “failed to identify the resident’s heels were off-loaded as per the admission Plan of Care.”
A review of the Weekly Body Audit Sheets “failed to identify any date” when checking for abrasions and excoriations. Additionally, there were no audit sheets completed for January 15, 2018, January 22, 2018, and January 29, 2018, [according to] facility policy.”
Were you the victim of mistreatment, neglect, or abuse while living at Apple Rehabilitation Avon? Contact the Connecticut nursing home abuse prevention lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Hartford County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Avon.
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Sources:
Attorney Nicholas E. Wocl
Licensed in Connecticut
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Lawyer Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home