Failure to Protect Resident From Misappropriation of Money
Penalty
Summary
The deficiency involves the facility’s failure to protect a cognitively intact resident from misappropriation of her money. The resident reported that her son brought her $90 in cash, which she placed in her purse along with additional money she believed totaled about $20, and stored the purse in the bottom drawer of her dresser. When she went to retrieve the money on the morning of 1/08/2026 to pay for a scheduled hair appointment, she discovered that all of the money was missing. The resident stated she had kept the money in her purse in the dresser drawer in her room. The resident’s son confirmed that he brought $90 in cash at his mother’s request so she could get a haircut and perm, and that he placed the money in her purse in the bottom dresser drawer in her room, where there was already a $10 bill and a couple of $5 bills. He estimated the total loss to be about $120. The facility’s incident report documented that the resident reported approximately $110 missing and that a room search was conducted but the money was not located. The facility’s policy defines misappropriation of resident property as the wrongful use of a resident’s belongings or money without consent, and the investigation and interviews established that the resident’s money went missing while under the facility’s care and was not recovered or replaced.
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