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32 | Regarding safeguarding resident personal belongings, administrator stated that residents are provided with a form upon admission to list all personal belongings; residents’ belongings are kept with resident in their respectful room. According to administrator and staff, R1 did make accusations that facility staff are stealing things however nothing was accounted for; R1 declined to itemize personal belongings on the form provided upon admission. No other residents have reported anything missing/stolen.
On 3/26/2020, during a technical assistance virtual visit LPA attempt to interview residents of the facility. Resident 1 (R1) said hello to LPA but declined interview. Other three residents agreed to speak to LPA. Although all three residents had difficulty understanding and responding to majority of the questions, residents did express feeling safe when asked. Residents observed in clean clothing and in good spirts. LPA observed a bell in each residents’ room. Administrator explained the bell is given to each resident for use to alerting staff. However, due to the residents being cognitively impaired and incontinent, staff check on residents every 2 hours.
Regarding allegation "Facility staff threatened residents with eviction" - Staff interviewed stated that no one threatened any resident with eviction. Interview with staff and records review revealed that R1 was issued a valid eviction for non-payment of rent. R1 declined to interview with LPA on any of the allegations. Other residents interviewed did not have any concern with eviction issues, Residents did express feeling safe by saying they are treated well by facility staff, .
LPA asked about the facility activities offered and administrator stated that residents like to listen to music, watch movies, and sometimes play cards/board games. Administrator denied that her staff would chemically restrain any resident. Staff also denied ever chemically restraining any resident. LPA observed all four residents awake during the initial and technical assistance virtual visits.
LPA attempt to contact reporting party and R1 on 03/19/2020; 03/20/2020 and 03/26/2020. Furthermore, LPA made several other attempts to contact reporting party and R1 during the investigation and no return call was received.
Based on the above, there is not enough evidence to support allegations. Therefore, allegations are deemed Unsubstantiated at this time. Exit interview and report reviewed with the Administrator. A copy of the report was emailed.
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