The Villa at Stamford is one of six nursing homes fined by the state Department of Public Health for various misdeeds.
According to DPH, on Sept. 21, 2016, a housekeeper at The Villa saw a nurses aide hit, push, pull and yell at a resident with dementia while shaving the resident in bed. The aide denied the allegations but was fired six days later.
On Dec. 2, 2016, a resident suffered cuts on the side of the head and behind one ear after a nurses aide tried to turn the resident over while providing incontinence care. The resident, who had Parkinson”™s disease and traumatic brain injury, required two-person assistance, according to DPH, but the nurses aide tried to move the resident without help. The resident was treated at a hospital and returned to the facility three days later.
The facility was fined $1,630 for the two incidents.
The DPH also announced that The Reservoir in West Hartford was fined $3,000 after a resident died and investigators found staff did not administer CPR for the required period of time. Advanced Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation in New Haven was fined $3,000 after a resident with acute kidney injury and other diagnoses died. RegalCare of West Haven was fined $1,930 for three incidents.
In addition, Salmon Brook Center in Glastonbury was fined $1,740 after a resident broke several ribs in a fall. Bayview Health Care in Waterford was fined $1,630 for two violations.
