The mistreatment of the elderly living in nursing homes is disgraceful, unacceptable, and reprehensible. Many families entrust the care of their loved one to the nursing home staff only to be horrified when they realize that they are being mistreated, neglected, or abused by caregivers, employees, or other patients.
If your loved one was injured while living in a Hartford County nursing facility, contact the Connecticut Nursing Home Law Center Attorneys now for immediate legal assistance. Let our team of abuse prevention lawyers work on your family’s behalf to ensure you receive monetary compensation for your damages.
This nursing center is a "for-profit" Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility providing services and cares to residents of New Britain and Hartford County, Connecticut. The 90-certified bed long-term care nursing home is located at:
66 Clinic Drive
New Britain, Connecticut 06051
(860) 225-8608
Cassena Care at New Britain
In addition to providing 24/7 skilled nursing care, Cassena Care 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, psychology and psychiatry, and physical, occupational, and speech therapies.
Fined $21,060 for substandard care
Connecticut and federal investigators have the legal authority to penalize any nursing home that has been cited for a serious violation that harmed or could have harmed a nursing home resident. Typically, these penalties include imposed monetary fines and denial of payment for Medicare services.
Within the last three years, federal investigators imposed a monetary fine against Cassena Care at New Britain for $21,060 on August 16, 2018, citing substandard care. The nursing home received one complaint over the last thirty-six months that resulted in a violation citation.
Additional information concerning the facility can be reviewed on the comprehensive Connecticut Department of Social Services Adult Protective Services Website.
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To be fully informed on the level of care nursing homes provide, families routinely research Medicare.gov and the Connecticut Department of Public Health website database systems for a complete list of deficiencies, violations, and citations.
According to Medicare, this facility maintains an overall rating of one out of five stars, including two out of five stars concerning health inspections, two out of five stars for staffing issues, and two out of five stars for quality measures.
The state investigators determined the nursing home "failed to ensure the allegation of abuse was reported to the appropriate authorities at the time of the incident.” The investigation involved a moderately cognitively impaired resident who “displayed no behaviors, requires extensive assistance of staff for bed mobility, transfers, toilet use, bathing, and the total assistance of staff for locomotion on and off the unit.”
The Reportable Event Form indicated that the resident had reported that “eighty dollars was missing from his bedside table. The report failed to provide evidence that the allegation had been reported to the State Agency [timely].” The Administrator confirmed that the resident had “reported money was missing from his/her bedside table in his/her room on May 21, 2016.”
The Administrator further identified that “the facility policy was to report all alleged violations to the State Agency immediately via phone and to mail or fax the State Agency within seventy-two hours.” The state investigators reviewed the reports to the State agencies to determine it was not reported until May 23, 2016, even though the incident had occurred two days earlier on May 21, 2016.
The “failure to ensure that interventions were implemented to prevent the redevelopment/recurrence of pressure ulcers.”
The investigation involved a resident who had “developed a facility-acquired Stage II pressure ulcer on September 18, 2018, located on the resident’s left medial buttock, and further identified that it was treated and healed/resolved on September 26, 2017.”
However, the resident’s quarterly MDS (Minimum Data Set) Assessment dated March 1, 2018, “identified the resident was severely cognitively impaired,” at risk for pressure ulcer development and “no healed pressure ulcer.” A Nursing Note dated three weeks later on March 21, 2018, identified the resident’s “old scabbed area to the coccyx/buttock reopened” and measured 4.0 cm x 1.6 cm.
Do you believe that your loved one is the victim of mistreatment, abuse, or neglect while living at Cassena Care at New Britain? 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 New Britain.
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Sources:
Attorney Nicholas E. Wocl
Licensed in Connecticut
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Lawyer Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home