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25 | On 2/9/23 at approximately 10am Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Maja Jensen arrived at facility unannounced to conduct a case management related to incident reports reporting use of restraints. LPA Maja Jensen met with Administrator Athika Karolia and explained the purpose of today's visit. Sylvia Pinto withe Valley Medical Regional Center QBMP was also present.
There have been several incident reports related to the use of restraints which should be reserved for incidents that present imminent danger or in an attempt to prevent self injurious behavior. The Department has received multiple Incident Reports detailing use of restraints for resident 1 (R1). LPA Jensen interviewed the Administrator and the Regional Center representative. LPA Jensen also reviewed the resident file for R1. The facility has been following Resident 1's (R1's) Individual Behavior Support Plan (IBSP) as it is currently written however there will be a review conducted by the Behavior Modification Review Committee with the Regional Center of the East Bay in order to determine of changes are warranted to the listed Consequence Strategies related to High Risk Behavior encounters. Once this review is complete the Administrator agrees to notify Community Care Licensing if any changes to Consequence Strategies will be implemented or of the current protocol will remain in place.
The Administrator advised that frequency of use of restraints has decreased for resident 2 and she attributes this to a change in medication which occurred approximately 3 weeks ago. The facility has also contracted with a medical specialist in the field of brain injury and use of restraints for consulting services.
LPA Jensen also discussed staff qualifications with the Administrator and determined that facility personnel are in compliance with California Code of Regulations (CCR) Title 22, Division 6, section 89965.
An exit interview was conducted and a copy of this report was provided.
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