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32 | On the allegation, staff violated resident’s personal rights. It was alleged that facility staff would yell at Resident #1 (R1), “get back in your room,” push R1 back in their room, and take R1’s hearing aids, wheelchair, and walker away from them. It was also alleged that facility staff had a catheter placed in R1 because they did not want to change R1. Regarding R1’s catheter, LPA record review and Interviews reveal that on 10/18/2024 a foley catheter was placed in R1 by a home health nurse with an order from R1’s primary care physician (PCP). The catheter was placed due to staff reporting that the resident had not urinated in approximately 8 hours. On 10/9/2025 LPA attempted to interview R1 and was unable due to their current medical conditions. Regarding staff mistreatment of R1, LPA interviews revealed one witness who heard staff raising their voice at R1 while speaking with R1 over the phone. Additional visitor interviews revealed no observation or hearing of staff mistreating the residents or taking their personal devices. Staff interviews reveal that sometimes they need to raise their voice to be heard by residents, but they do not yell at them in a mean way, push them or take their things. Resident interviews reveal that staff have raised their voice when residents are hard of hearing, but residents have not heard or witnessed staff ordering residents around or taking their personal devices from them. Although the evidence obtained during this investigation did not meet the threshold for a citation, the facility has a history of similar complaints regarding staff interactions with residents and visitors, suggesting an ongoing concern that the licensee is encouraged to monitor and address. LPA reviewed Title 22, Division 6, Chapter 8, Article 08, regulation 87468.1(a)(1); “Personal Rights of Residents in All Facilities (a)Residents in all residential care facilities for the elderly shall have all of the following personal rights:(1) To be accorded dignity in their personal relationships with staff, residents, and other persons.” Based on all interviews conducted and documents obtained, at this time the above allegation was found to be unsubstantiated, meaning that the allegation may have happened or is valid, but there is not a preponderance of the evidence to prove that the alleged violation occurred.
On the allegation, staff did not safeguard a resident’s personal belongings. It was alleged that after facility staff took R1’s hearing aids from them the hearing aids were never found. Review of a physician report dated 1/30/2024, approximately eight months prior to R1 moving into this facility, states R1 has hearing aids for auditory impairment and the report was signed by a physician R1 had been seeing for approximately six months. A physician report dated 10/23/2024 states R1 does not have auditory impairment and was signed by a different physician who R1 had been a patient of for approximately two months.
(Continued on LIC9099-C) |