Many families have limited options when providing care to a loved one who requires outside nursing assistance. Typically, the family will choose to place a loved one in a nursing home to ensure they receive the best care possible. Unfortunately, abuse and neglect are serious problems in nursing homes across the United States.
If your loved one was victimized through neglect, mistreatment, or abuse while living in a Hartford County nursing facility, contact the Connecticut Nursing Home Law Center Attorneys now for immediate legal help. Let our team of abuse prevention lawyers work on your family’s behalf to ensure you receive financial compensation from recovering your damages. We will use the law to hold those responsible for your harm rightfully accountable.
This center is a 282-certified bed Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility providing services to residents of New Britain and Hartford County, Connecticut. The "for-profit" long-term care home is located at:
400 Brittany Farms Rd
New Britain, Connecticut 06053
(860) 224-3111
Autumn Lake Healthcare at New Britain
In addition to providing 24/7 skilled nursing care, Autumn Lake Healthcare at New Britain offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-term and long term care.
The facility also provides comprehensive rehab services, wound care, pulmonary care, IV (intervenous) care, cardiac care, dementia and memory care, and physical, occupational, and speech therapies.
Fined $7,964 for substandard care
The federal government and surveyors and Connecticut have a legal duty to monitor every nursing facility and impose monetary fines or deny payments through Medicare when investigators identify violations of established nursing home regulations and rules. In serious cases, the nursing facility will receive heavy monetary penalties if investigators find the violations are severe and harmed or could have harmed a resident.
Within the last three years, federal investigators imposed a monetary fine against Autumn Lake Healthcare at New Britain for $7,964 on April 11, 2017, citing substandard care. This nursing facility received thirteen complaints and self-reported three serious issues over the last three years 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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Information on every intermediate and long-term care home in the state can be reviewed on government-owned and operated database websites, including the Connecticut Department of Public Health and Medicare.gov.
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 three out of five stars for quality measures.
The state investigators determined the nursing home "failed to notify the State Agency regarding a resident alleging physical mistreatment, within mandated time frames.” The investigation involved a resident with “a potential to demonstrate aggressive behavior verbally and physically toward staff, and accusatory behavior stating, ‘do not hit me,’ constantly, yelling out at times.”
A Registered Nurse was informed that upon visiting a resident, the resident stated: “you hurt me, no, do not hit me,” and “that the expectation was to follow facility protocols when a verbal allegation of this type was made.”
The facility Director of Nursing Services stated, during an interview, that they “could not recall any allegations of mistreatment made toward a member of the survey team nor was she able to determine from her own ongoing personal notes that an allegation of mistreatment was reported.”
The nursing home “failed to ensure the Registered Nurse (RN) was informed of a change in the resident’s condition, at the time identified, to ensure a complete assessment had been conducted [before] transferring the resident out of bed.”
A Nurse’s Note identified that a Nurse Aide assigned to the resident reported to a Charge Nurse, a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), that they discovered “a nickel-sized discoloration to the resident’s left temporal area and discoloration of the resident’s right hand and left elbow.”
A subsequent Nurse’s Note indicated that a Charge Nurse asked the Nursing Supervisor, a Registered Nurse, “five hours after the initial findings of the areas to assess [the resident] due to discoloration, and the Nurse Aide also reported the left hip was swollen.” The resident was transferred to the emergency department.
Was your loved one mistreated while residing at Autumn Lake Healthcare at New Britain? Contact the Connecticut nursing home abuse 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 New Britain.
Our legal team offers every client a free, initial case consultation. Additionally, we offer a 100% “No Win/No-Fee” Guarantee. This promise means you do not owe us anything until we have secured a monetary compensation on your behalf.
Sources:
Attorney Nicholas E. Wocl
Licensed in Connecticut
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Attorney Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home