Many families have limited options on how to ensure that their loved one receives the best care and choose to place them in a community nursing facility. Unfortunately, the incident rates of abuse and neglect occurring in nursing homes nationwide have risen significantly over the last few decades. Many patients become victims of mistreatment at the hands of caregivers, employees, visitors, or other residents.
If your loved one suffered harm while living in a Tolland County nursing facility, contact the Connecticut Nursing Home Law Center Attorneys now for immediate legal intervention. 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 Tolland and Tolland County, Connecticut. The 130-certified bed long-term care nursing home is located at:
26 Shenipsit Lake Road
Tolland, Connecticut 06084
(860) 872-2999
Woodlake at Tolland Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
In addition to providing 24/7 skilled nursing care, Woodlake at Tolland Rehabilitation and Nursing Center offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-term and long term care.
Fined $20,141 for substandard care
Both Connecticut and the federal government can impose a monetary fine or deny payments through Medicare when a nursing facility has been found to violate established regulations and rules. The higher the monetary fine, the more serious the violation is that likely harmed or could have harmed one or more residents at the nursing home.
Within the last three years, investigators imposed two monetary penalties against Woodlake at Tolland Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, citing substandard care. These penalties include a $17,500 fine on November 09, 2018, and a $2,641 fine on December 09, 2016, for a total of $20,141.
This nursing facility received three complaints and self-reported six 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 state of Connecticut and federal government nursing home regulatory agencies routinely update their care home database system. This list contains historical information 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 two out of five stars for quality measures.
The state investigators determined the nursing home "failed to ensure that a resident, who requires extensive assistance with bed mobility, was provided adequate supervision and assistance during incontinence care to prevent a fall out of bed with resulting injury.” In a separate incident, the facility “failed to ensure identified interventions were implemented to prevent an elopement [wandering away].”
A Reportable Event Form dated April 7, 2018, identified “that during incontinent care [one resident] slid off the bed and was assisted by a Nurse Aide to the floor.” The Nurse Aide identified that while changing the resident, they had rolled the resident “on his/her left side and tucked a clean brief and linen underneath the resident.”
As the Nurse Aide “walked around to the right side of the bed, [the resident’s] feet went over the edge of the bed. Although [the Nurse Aide] attempted to grab [the resident’s] legs to push them back up, [they were unable] and the resident slid off the bed and onto the floor.”
The nursing staff obtained a medical imaging report that identified that the resident suffered acute trauma to the right leg and knee. The report identified “a displaced distal periprosthetic femoral fracture.”
In a separate incident, another resident was “at risk for elopement due to wandering on the unit and entering other resident rooms in confusion. Additionally, the resident was found attempting to leave the facility, looking for his/her car saying, ‘let us go.’”
A Reportable Event Form dated April 15, 2018, identified that “the resident was observed by a visitor exiting out the front entrance, into the parking lot in a wheelchair.” A Nurse Aide indicated that “he/she ran toward the front entrance and although there was no alarm sounding, [the Nurse Aide spotted the resident] under the archway in the parking lot.”
Were you the victim of mistreatment, neglect, or abuse while living at Woodlake at Tolland Rehabilitation and Nursing Center? Contact the Connecticut nursing home abuse prevention lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Tolland County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Tolland.
Our legal team invites you to discuss your case with us today through an initial, free claim consultation. Also, we provide a 100% “No Win/No-Fee” Guarantee, meaning you will not owe us anything until after we have secured a monetary recovery for your family.
Sources:
Attorney Nicholas E. Wocl
Licensed in Connecticut
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Lawyer Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home