Highlands Health Care Nursing Home was fined twice recently by the Department of Public Health in two separate citations in February.
According to a citation issued on Feb. 4, the 120-bed facility at 745 Highland Ave. was fined $1,160 in connection with a Sept. 1, 2013, incident where a resident had fallen in the bathroom and suffered a cut that required 10 staples to close.
The resident, who was prone to falls, had been left unattended in the bathroom according to the report.
A second citation on Feb. 25 resulted in a $1,090 fine for the facility after a resident developed a deep tissue injury to the heel in December. Cheshire nursing home fined twice by state Department of Health Republican American
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