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25 | Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Tuesday Cabiness conducted an case management, regarding an incident report that was submitted to Licensing, alleging staff # 1 (S1) physically abused client # 1 (C1). LPA arrived to the facility at 945am and was greeted by staff. Staff allowed LPA to enter the facility, and completed COVID screening with temperature check and requesting LPA to sign in the visitors book. LPA informed staff the reason of the visit. Staff contacted Co-Administrator Louise McMillon, who LPA spoke to and also informed her her the reason of the visit. Staff also contacted Administrator LaSean James, who arrived shortly after.
During today's visit, LPA conducted interviews and reviewed facility and client documents. It was revealed, a client stole a lighter from staff. Staff did not report it to the Administrator in a timely manner, and Administrator did not submit an special incident report (SIR) to Licensing. According to the Administrator, she did not become aware of the incident, until it was revealed from the incident that recently occurred with S1 and C1, on 09/17/2021. LPA also became aware of another incident with another client, back in July 2021, for destruction of property, a SIR was not submitted to Licensing, but was reported to North Los Angeles County Regional Center (NLACRC). After conducting interviews and reviewing documents pertaining to the incident of alleged physical abuse, LPA has determined that further action is needed to complete the investigation of alleged physical abuse. Due to the facility not reporting and submitting SIRs to Licensing regarding previous incidents, a citation will be issued, due to failure to report. At this time, further review is needed.
Exit interview, citation issued, appeals rights, and copy of report provided to Administrator. |