Care home fined after woman, 100, fractures knee
Red House Residential Home in Sudbury was ordered to pay a £14,000 fine and £11,000 in costsA care home has been ordered to pay £25,000 after a 100-year-old resident fractured her knee when her foot became trapped under a wheelchair.
A district judge heard the company, which pleaded guilty to one offence under the Health and Social Care Act 2008, felt "bitter regret" over the incident.CQC prosecutor Danielle Gilmour told Chelmsford Magistrates' Court that Mrs Jones did not like using her specialised electronic wheelchair, which had individual elevated feet plates.
She broke the distal femur thighbone in her right knee and a consultant suggested amputation or surgery. In a victim impact statement, Mrs Jones's eldest daughter Jennifer Baird said her mother would otherwise be enjoying a more "fulfilling" existence.
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