June 9, 2008 - Attorney General William Sorrell announced today that Green Mountain Nursing Home, a licensed nursing facility located in Colchester, Vermont, has reached a civil settlement with the State. The nursing home has admitted to violating the State’s laws on the reporting of abuse, neglect, and exploitation of vulnerable adults, and for failing to report an untimely death to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. The untimely death of the resident occurred after a series of assaults by another resident. As part of the settlement, the nursing home has agreed to be monitored at its own expense, by an out-of-state independent quality monitor/consultant for a period of at least one year.

Green Mountain Nursing Home has also agreed to make a donation in the amount of $1000, in lieu of fines for the reporting law violations, to the Chittenden County End of Life Care Program and to pay $4,000 in restitution to the Vermont Medicaid Program for lapses in standards. The nursing home has also agreed to conduct, plan, and attend a series of trainings, at its own expense, on issues relating to resident-to-resident violence, identifying and reporting abuse, neglect, and exploitation, and “Do Not Resuscitate Orders.” Senior staff and the owner of the nursing home must also attend training on communicating with family members of vulnerable adults.