- Date
- 8/9/2024
- Report number
- 00348293-AP-298848
- Type
- Abuse: Neglect
- Level
- 2 - Minor harm or potential for moderate harm
- Allegation
- Failed to provide safe environment
- Result
- Substantiated
- Findings
- Witness 1 (W1) is care planned to be a one-person assist with ambulation and transfers, staff are to escort W1 while in a common area. On or about August 9, 2024, Alleged Victim (AV) was witnessed falling to the floor onto his/her back in the common are. W1 was seen grabbing the handles of AV’s wheelchair and pulled it back, causing AV to fall and sustain a skin tear to their left elbow and an abrasion to his/her back. It appears W1 was not being escorted as stated in their care plan. The facility failed to provide a safe environment for AV, leading to AV sustaining an injury, which is a violation of resident rights, is neglect of care and constitutes abuse.
- Sanction
- RCFCP25-00017 $500.00 fine assessed