Failure to Submit Required Five-Day Follow-Up for Abuse Allegation
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to submit a required five-day follow-up report for a Facility Reported Incident involving an allegation of sexual abuse. The initial allegation was reported to the appropriate authorities, including Adult Protective Services, the Ombudsman, and the Office of Inspector General, and an internal investigation was conducted. The resident involved did not have capacity and reported the incident as having occurred months prior; during a subsequent interview, she did not recall any inappropriate touching. Interviews were also conducted with the alleged perpetrator, a co-worker, and twenty additional residents with capacity, none of whom reported further allegations. Despite these investigative actions, the facility did not file the mandated five-day follow-up report, and the Administrator was unable to locate it when requested by surveyors.