Errors at multiple Connecticut rehabilitation and nursing home facilities put residents at risk. The Gaylord Farms Rehabilitation Center in Wallingford failed to secure the facility\u2019s van keys and did not take more aggressive steps to prevent a patient from leaving their facility. As a result, a patient with traumatic brain injuries was able to drive off and died in a subsequent auto accident. The Connecticut Department of Public Health noted that keys should be in a locked and secure location away from residents. <\/p>\n
Connecticut Health of Southport, a nursing home, also put residents in peril. It was recently fined for not giving medications to a resident with pneumonia and did not take precautions to alert staff and visitors about MRSA infected patients. This facility\u2019s infection control program was found to be based on 1983 guidelines and had not been reviewed for more than four years by the state. The company has (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Errors at multiple Connecticut rehabilitation and nursing home facilities put residents at risk. The Gaylord Farms Rehabilitation Center in Wallingford failed to secure the facility\u2019s van keys and did not take more aggressive steps to prevent a patient from leaving…<\/span><\/p>\n