Many families have limited options on how to handle their loved one’s care who requires nursing assistants in a facility outside their home. Many of these family members choose to relocate their loved one into a Hartford County nursing facility only to realize they been victimized through neglect or mistreatment by caregivers, employees, or other residents.
If your loved one was injured or died prematurely while living in a nursing home, contact the Connecticut Nursing Home Law Center Attorneys now for immediate legal assistance. Our team of abuse prevention lawyers has handled cases just like yours, and we can help your family, too. Contact us today so we can begin working on your case to ensure you receive financial compensation for your damages.
This long-term care center is a "for-profit" 234-certified bed home providing care to residents of Hartford and Hartford County, Connecticut. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility is located at:
25 Lorraine St
Hartford, Connecticut 06105
(860) 233-8241
Chelsea Place Care Center
In addition to providing 24/7 skilled nursing care, Chelsea Place Care Center offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-term and long term care, and physical, occupational, and speech therapies.
Fined $11,050 for substandard care
Connecticut and Federal investigators have the legal authority to penalize any nursing home with a denied payment for Medicare services or a monetary fine when the facility is cited for serious violations of established regulations and rules the guarantee resident safety.
Within the last three years, federal investigators imposed a monetary fine against Chelsea Place Care Center for $11,050 on September 13, 2018, citing substandard care. This nursing facility received six complaints and self-reported seven 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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The federal government and Connecticut Department of Public Health website update comprehensive information containing historical details of all citations and violations.
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 report or investigate an allegation of abuse [timely].” The investigation involved a cognitively intact resident who requires “limited assistance with personal hygiene and ambulates independently.”
The resident’s Care Plan identified the resident “with an altered thought process, with interventions that included to provide two staff with all care/conversations.” During an interview with the resident, it was revealed that another resident “threatened to beat him/her up.” The reporting resident stated that they told the nurse.
A Licensed Practical Nurse identified that the resident had “informed him/her that [another resident] threatened to beat him/her up.” The LPN further stated that the reporting resident “fabricates issues and relationships and stated that he/she addressed the issue.” The LPN “was unable to locate any documentation of the event and stated that he/she did not remember if he/she reported the allegation to the supervisor or Director of Nursing.”
The Director of Nursing identified that the LPN “was aware of the allegation of abuse and [the LPN] did not report the allegation when [the resident] informed him/her.” The Director stated that “the allegation should have been reported immediately.”
The nursing home facility “failed to maintain visual contact with the resident at all times while on a medical appointment, which resulted in the resident leaving the medical clinic unattended.” The investigation involved a resident with “no cognitive impairment, [who has] difficulty focusing attention, disorganized thinking, was easily distracted and exhibited behaviors of wandering that typically occur daily.” The resident was “independent with ambulating and received an antipsychotic medication daily.”
The Reportable Event Form dated August 9, 2018, identified that the resident “walked away from the Physician’s appointment, unattended.” The report identified that the resident “left the nursing facility with a Nurse Aide to go to a medical appointment and during the appointment, the resident needed to use the bathroom.”
The Nurse Aide “accompanied the resident to the bathroom and waited outside.” The Nurse Aide “heard the receptionist call out to her that she had left her purse at the desk.” When the Nurse Aide returned to the bathroom, the resident “was not inside.”
Do you suspect that your loved one is the victim of mistreatment while residing at Chelsea Place Care Center? 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 Hartford.
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Sources:
Attorney Nicholas E. Wocl
Licensed in Connecticut
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Attorney Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home