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32 | Staff interviewed stated they had not observed any unusual bruising on residents and were unaware of injuries sustained during transfers. One staff interviewed stated they were informed of bruises on Resident 2 (R2)’s back of neck. Staff stated R2 does not need assistance with transfers, and that the resident tends to fall back in their chair when being changed, so staff need to be aware of that. Staff were unaware of the exact cause of bruising on the neck. One staff interviewed stated they hurt their back in September 2019 while lifting a resident out of bed alone. Staff stated they had only received between 3 and 8 hours of shadowing for training. The staff stated that while they received an injury due to an improper transfer, they were unaware of any residents sustaining injuries like bruises due to improper transferring. Another staff stated they injured their back in July 2019 while lifting heavy residents. The staff stated they were not taught how to lift the residents and only received a couple of days of shadowing for 2-8 hours. This staff also corroborated that no residents were injured due to improper transferring. The facility was cited on 1/16/2020 for inadequate staff training and cleared the plan of correction by ensuring staff had sufficient training in February 2020. There was in sufficient evidence gathered to suggest that residents sustained injuries due to improper transfers caused by a lack of training. Therefore, the allegation is deemed unsubstantiated at this time.
On the allegation: Staff verbally abuse residents. LPA interviewed the reporting party on 5/26/2020 at 9:38am. LPA conducted staff interviews on 6/1/2020 starting at 11:07am and on 6/2/2020 starting at 11:33am. Resident responsible parties were interviewed on 9/13/2022 at 1:58pm, and on 9/14/2022 at 8:59am, 12:45pm and 2:58pm. Staff interviewed stated they had never observed Staff 1 (S1) or any other staff verbally abuse the residents. One staff interviewed stated that they did not believe staff verbally abused the residents. However, they recalled an incident where a resident rolled out of bed and fell and hit their face. Another caregiver told the resident they “looked bad” after due to the facial bruising sustained from the fall. Another staff at the facility reprimanded the staff for not being professional with that comment. Resident responsible parties interviewed stated that they were not aware of any verbal abuse or verbal altercations between staff and residents. Responsible parties stated the staff were caring and observed staff to be kind to the residents. Based on the information obtained during the investigation, the allegation that staff verbally abused the residents is unsubstantiated at this time.
Reports and appeal rights were mailed/emailed to the former licensee. |