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32 | INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE FOLLOWING:
Allegation: Resident fell and sustained a fracture
Resident fell resulting in multiple injuries.
Resident #1 (R1) admitted to the facility on 12/18/19. According to resident #1 (R1’s) Physicians Report, R1 was diagnosed on (05/13/19) with Dementia. While residing at this facility, (R1) had five unwitnessed falls on 07/13/22, 08/20/21, 11/21/21, 02/06/22, and 02/27/22.
On 08/20/21, (R1) was admitted to Harbor UCLA Medical Center and suffered from a forehead laceration and nasal fracture. On 02/06/22, (R1) suffered a laceration above the right eyebrow and had blood in the mouth. On 02/27/22, (R1) sustained a laceration to the left eyebrow.
On 03/02/22, IB Investigator interviewed Assistant Administrator (S1) regarding the allegations. (S1) stated that (R1) was admitted to the facility in 2019 and suffered from dementia. (S1) stated (R1) had three falls starting sometime in 2021: one in 2021, sometime in 2022, and on 02/27/22. (S1) stated each fall was “unwitnessed”. (S1) stated since the second fall in January 2022, two-hour rounds of monitoring to one-hour rounds of monitoring had been placed since January 2022. (S1) could not explain how (R1) fell the third fall that occurred on 02/27/22. It appears that (R1) was never evaluated by a professional physician regarding his mobility concerns according to (S1). In a statement from (S1), she said she was not present nor had witnessed any of (R1’s) falls in the facility. (S1) stated the residents who have dementia are “locked” in their room to contain them from wandering r or go into other’s resident’s rooms.
On 03/09/22, IB Investigator interviewed Administrator (S2). (S2) was unsure of (R1’s) diagnosis when admitted. (S2) described (R1) who is a mobile who liked to “walk and wander” throughout the facility with no supervision. According to (S2), (R1) had five “unwitnessed falls”. These falls occurred on: 07/13/20, 08/20/21, 11/12/21, early 02/22, and late 02/22. (S2) stated he was never a witness to any of these falls and was only notified. (S2) states that based on limited resources (insurance) available for (R1), the facility was not able to provide higher levels of care and supervision to (R1). (S2) unable to answer the question of why dementia residents are locked in rooms.
Evaluation Report continues LIC 9099-C
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