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32 | During an interview with residents, 0 out of 5 confirmed the allegation. R1 was unable to be interviewed. All residents interviewed unanimously denied the allegation. R2 states, “My belongings are safe. People give me a lot of things all the time. I’ve never had anything go missing.” R3 states, “Absolutely. I never had an issue with my stuff going missing.” R5 states, “My personal belongings have always been safe. We don’t have theft issues here.” LPA interviewed one witness that also denied the allegation. W1 states, “The truth is, I know R1 always says things were disappearing, but I can tell you they lose everything. For example, R1 would say someone took their phone. Not remembering they gave their phone to me to charge. This continues even while they live with me now.”
During a record review, LPA observed the following: an incident report dated 10/14/2022 stating R1 had been experiencing signs of paranoid behavior, reporting staff wanting to harm them, and steal from them. LPA reviewed a physician report dated for 12/09/2021 that identified a mild cognitive impairment in R1. On 02/05/2023, R1 was admitted to Keck Medicine of the University of Southern California for signs and symptoms of dementia and alleged assault. Resident was diagnosed with an Acute Urinary Tract Infection (UTI), confusion and delusions. Most recently, R1 had an evaluation on 03/09/2023 due to residents’ recent changes in health condition. The assessment identifies a diagnosis of moderate dementia with other behavioral disturbances, and a decline in cognition complicated by anxiety, depression and psychosis.
Based on LPA’s record review and interviews conducted, the preponderance of evidence standard has not been met. Although the allegation(s) may have happened or is valid, there is not a preponderance of evidence to prove the alleged violation(s) did or did not occur, therefore the allegations are unsubstantiated.
An exit interview was conducted, and a copy of the report was given. |