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This facility is a 120-certified bed "for-profit" long-term care home providing services and cares to residents of Forestville and Hartford County, Connecticut. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating center is located at:
23 Fair Street
Forestville, Connecticut 06010
(860) 589-2923
Village Green of Bristol Rehabilitation and Health Center
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, Village Green Of Bristol Rehabilitation and Health Center offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-stay care, IV (intravenous) therapy, respite care, hospice, wound care, dementia and memory care, colostomy care, and restorative services involving physical, speech and occupational therapies.
The investigators for the state of Connecticut and federal nursing home regulatory agencies have the legal responsibility of penalizing any facility that has violated rules and regulations that harmed or could have harmed a resident. These penalties often include monetary fines and denying payment of Medicare services.
This nursing facility received five complaints and self-reported three serious issues over the last three years that resulted in violation citations. Additional documentation concerning penalties and fines can be reviewed on the State of Connecticut Official Website Social Work Services Page.
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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 two out of five stars, including two out of five stars concerning health inspections, two out of five stars for staffing issues and four out of five stars for quality measures.
The state investigators determined that the facility “failed to ensure that an allegation of mistreatment was investigated timely in accordance with facility policy.” The investigation involved a severely, cognitively impaired resident who “was dependent on staff for mobility, transfers, and activities of daily living.”
A review of a Nurse’s Note identified the resident stated that they were “refusing ear drops to the left ear because the pain was in his/her right ear.” At that time, the Registered Nurse (RN) “instructed the resident that the order was clearly for the left ear.” The documentation shows that the resident would be reassessed.
The Reportable Event Form identified that “a staff member reported that a license staff member was observed holding the resident’s face and forcefully administering ear drops to the resident despite the resident’s request not to.” Reports indicated that a Nurse Aide informed the Director of Nursing that they had witnessed an LPN “administering ear drops to the resident despite the resident’s refusal.”
That Nurse Aide was interviewed by the nursing team indicating that he saw an LPN at the resident’s bedside, “starting to put ear drops in the resident’s ear.” The Aide indicated that the resident told the LPN “that it was the other ear that he should be putting them in.” The Nurse Aide stated that the resident asked the LPN “to put the drops in the other ear, but the LPN told the resident he had to fill the order and proceeded to turn the resident head and put the drops in even though the resident said not to.”
The Nurse Aide stated that the resident asked to see the supervisor.” The Nurse Aide informed the supervisor and gave a detailed description of his observation. However, the Nurse Aide stated that “he did not hear any more about the incident until about a month, or so, later and he gave the same statement to the Administrator.”
The Director of Nursing stated that she should have expected the Registered Nurse (RN) supervisor to initiate and report the allegation “of rough care” on the day that it was initially reported.
Do you believe that your loved one is the victim of mistreatment, abuse, or neglect while living at Village Green of Bristol Rehabilitation and Health Center? 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 Forestville.
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