Failure to Report Suspected Misappropriation of Resident Property
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to develop and implement policies and procedures to ensure the timely reporting of suspected misappropriation of resident property, as required by section 1150B of the Act. In two separate cases, residents with intact cognition reported missing money and personal property. In the first case, a resident and their family reported $40 and a silver dollar coin missing to a registered nurse, who documented the report and informed the Nursing Home Administrator (NHA) and the on-call nurse. However, there was no documentation that local law enforcement was notified, and the NHA indicated that although the nurse offered to call law enforcement, the resident and family declined, with no documentation to support this claim. In the second case, another resident reported $280 missing from their room. The incident was reported to staff, and the NHA was made aware, but there was no evidence that the allegation was reported to the State Agency or local law enforcement. The NHA provided a $200 gift card to the resident but had little knowledge of the details of the allegation, and the social worker was reportedly working on a grievance that was not yet on file. In both cases, the facility did not follow its own policy requiring the reporting of such allegations to the appropriate authorities within specified timeframes.