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32 | During their interview, R1 stated that during transfers they were able help themselves sit up in bed and facility staff would then pull them up by their undergarment and shorts. Per R1, upon staff doing this the thread on their clothing would start to audibly tear and the undergarment cut into the skin on their inner thighs. R1 stated that this did not cause an injury to them but could easily have. Two of ten additional facility residents interviewed were unable to confirm or deny the allegation, five of ten residents denied the allegation and stated staff assist them with transfers in a gentle manner, and two of ten residents stated they are not assisted with transfers and denied witnessing staff assisting other residents with transfers. During their interview, three of three staff stated pulling a resident by their undergarment or shorts is not part of a typical transfer, however, does occur in emergency instances, such as preventing a resident from falling during a transfer.
Regarding the allegation, Staff did not assist resident with wound care in a timely manner, the following was revealed: It is alleged R1 was not assisted with wound care in a timely manner leading to wound developing maggots.During their interview, R1 stated they have wounds on their legs due to their medical condition and their wounds are treated and bandaged by Home Health. R1 was unable to provide specifics regarding the dates and times they were seen by Home Health. Per R1, about a week went by and they had not seen anyone from Home Health nor had the facility staff treated or re-bandaged their legs, when they observed a fly on their bandage. Per R1, S3 saw the fly and instructed S1 to open the bandages and maggots came out. R1 stated S3 dressed and cleaned their wounds and made sure there were no more. Per R1, on August 28, 2025, they decided to go to the hospital and was provided with wound care and given anti-biotics. During the course of the investigation, Excell Home Health was contacted, and Excell Representative (ER) stated R1 had been seen by a Home Health Nurses on August 21, 2025 and on August 26, 2025 for wound care. Per ER, R1 had also been seen on August 28, 2025, however, their notes did not specify if wound care had been provided at that time. LPA attempted to contact Home Health Nurse, Witness 1 (W1), who provided wound care for R1 on August 21, 2025 on three separate occasions, however, W1 could not be reached to confirm or deny allegation. LPA attempted to contact Home Health Nurse, Witness 2 (W2), who provided wound care for R1 on August 26, 2025 on three separate occasions, however, W2 could not be reached to confirm or deny allegation. During their interview, S1 stated that on August 28, 2025, they had observed a fly on R1’s leg wound bandage and upon removing it, maggots were observed. Per S1, R1 spent most of their time outside and they believe a fly flew into R1’s bandage sometime on August 27, 2025, which led to the rapid development of maggots. (Cont. LIC9099-C) |