Failure to Safeguard Resident Finances Resulting in Misappropriation of Funds
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Summary
The facility failed to ensure safekeeping of a resident’s finances when a cognitively intact resident with end stage kidney disease, cognitive communication deficit, and dependence on dialysis had personal funds misappropriated by staff. The resident, whose quarterly MDS showed a BIMS score of 13 indicating normal cognition, reported that he gave a CNA his bank card to purchase noodles from a gas station. Subsequently, he discovered multiple unauthorized charges on his card for a beverage establishment and additional gas station purchases that he had not approved. An incident report documented that local police were contacted to report the misappropriation of the resident’s money, and the Administrator later confirmed that the CNA was responsible for the multiple unauthorized charges to the resident’s card. During the survey, the facility was unable to provide a current policy addressing misappropriation of funds.
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