Failure to Prevent Resident-to-Resident Physical Abuse
Penalty
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Summary
The facility failed to protect two residents from physical abuse by other residents. In the first incident, one resident was involved in a verbal altercation with another resident, which escalated when the second resident hit the first resident on the side of the face after being confronted about touching personal belongings. In the second incident, another resident was standing in a doorway when a different resident approached and punched them in the left side of the chest; a subsequent skin assessment found no bruising. These events were confirmed through record review and interviews with facility leadership, and the facility's abuse policy defines such actions as abuse resulting in physical harm, pain, or mental anguish.