| On 4/26/25 LPA Lee and Administrator Wilson toured the facility inside and out conducted interviews with 4 clients (C1 -C4).
Investigation revealed the following:
Allegation: Facility staff physically abused client.
The details of the complaint allege that on 4/29/24, a staff member twisted client’s arm while client was having a behavior episode during transportation to the program.
On 4/15/25, LPA Lee conducted a telephone interview with Zoe Wilson, Administrator (A1), who denied the allegation stating that on the day 4/29/24, S1 was not working that day; S1 was scheduled off to complete Direct Service Professional (DSP) training.
On 4/18/25 and 4/21/25 LPA Lee conducted telephone interviews with 5 staff (S2-S6). 5 out of 5 staff denied the allegation stating that staff has never physically harmed a client in any way and that staff use de-escalation techniques when needed.
On 4/22/2025, LPA Lee conducted a review of C1’s Unusual Incident Report (dated 4/29/24) and facility weekly shift schedule (dated 4/25/2024-5/1/2024) which confirms that S1 was not on schedule the day of alleged incident.
Based on LPA’s interviews and records reviewed, the preponderance of the evidence has not been met, although the allegation may have happened or is valid, there is not a preponderance of evidence to prove the allegation did or did not occur, therefore the allegation is UNSUBSTANTIATED.
No deficiencies were cited for the above allegation. Exit interview was conducted. A copy of this report was provided to Zoe Wilson, Administrator.
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